LINDO API 7.0 includes several solver enhancements and support for new probability functions.
This release includes a powerful new feature to allow users to incorporate uncertainty into their optimization models. In addition, the new release has a number of solver performance enhancements.
LINGO 11 includes significant speed and reliability improvements to all the major solvers as well as a number of other enhancements.
- Large linear models solve an average of 80% faster using the newly enhanced Dual and Primal Simplex solvers.
- The Barrier method solves large linear and quadratic models an average of 20% faster.
- The Integer solver is an average of 40% faster on a wide range of integer models. Good solutions to difficult integer programs are found more quickly.
- The general Nonlinear Solver is an average of 25% faster on highly nonlinear and complex models.
- The Global solver includes a number of enhancements for solving non-convex nonlinear models to global optimality.
The new release has other new enhancements including the ability to solve linear models on multiple cores and support of semi-continuous variables and Special Ordered Sets.
The most powerful optimization add-in for Excel is now even stronger. Thousands of users have found the ease and flexibility of the Excel coupled with the industrial grade solvers in What’sBest! to be the perfect combination for their optimization modeling. And with this new release, What’sBest! just got better.
Lindo API 6.1 includes many solver improvements for MIP, Global, Barrier, Nonlinear and more
Enhancements Increase Speed and Flexibility
A faster, more powerful release of LINGO has recently begun shipping. LINGO 10 includes a number of new features that extend the functionality of the modeling language as well as several enhancements that boost the speed of the underlying solvers.
What'sBest! 9.0 includes major solver enhancements to increase speed and reliability on broadclasses of linear, integer, quadratic and general nonlinear models. Other significant enhancements include an improved global solver, an updated presolver and greater user control over the solution process.
Faster and More Flexible Solvers
The recently released What'sBest! 8.0 solves broad classes of problems substantially faster and includes expanded and improved support for several Excel functions.
LINDO Systems is proud to introduce LINDO API 5.0. The general features include a) global and multistart solvers for global optimization, b) nonlinear solvers for general nonlinear optimization, c) simplex solvers for linear optimization d) barrier solvers for linear, quadratic and second-order-cone optimization e) mixed-integer solvers for linear-integer and nonlinear-integer optimization, f) tools for analysis of infeasible linear, integer and nonlinear models, g) interfaces to other systems such as MATLAB, Ox, Java and .NET and h) support of more platforms.
The Faster, More Versatile Callable Solve
Release 4.1 includes several enhancements that boost the overall speed of the Linear, Integer, Nonlinear and Global Solvers. Other significant changes in this release include an enhanced presolver, improved tools for infeasible models, and new examples.
Enhancements Increase Speed and Flexibility
The new release of LINGO includes a wide range of solver enhancements that improve performance and robustness and a number of new features that make expressing and solving models easier and more flexible.
Faster and More Flexible Solvers
The recently released What'sBest! 7.0 solves broad classes of problems faster and includes new tools to tackle tough nonlinear models.
ARCHIVES - LINDO API 2.0 and LINGO 8.0
Faster, More Versatile Releases
A substantially faster set of solvers are now available with the newest releases of LINGO and LINDO API -- including the new Global solver and Multistart solver. These new solvers can help find better solutions to non-convex models. The new releases also offer significant enhancements that can improve performance on many linear and integer models.
What'sBest! 6.0 includes a number of significant enhancements and features. Several of the enhancements focus on increasing the performance of the integer solver. This release also includes a number of modifications to improve ease-of-use and allow the user more control over the solution process.
Adds Quadratic Capabilities and more
LINDO API 1.1 includes a number of enhancements including quadratic optimization capabilites and powerful tools for analyzing infeasible and unbounded models.
LINGO 7.0 includes a number of significant enhancements and features. Several of the enhancements focus on increasing the performance of the integer solver. This release also includes a number of modifications to improve ease-of-use and allow the user more control over the solution process.
ARCHIVES - What'sBest! Improves Support for IF, MAX, MIN, and ABS
Now, you can use the revolutionary Linearization option in What'sBest! to reach a guaranteed global optimum for many nonlinear problems. This option can often transform IF, MAX, MIN, and ABS functions into an equivalent linear formulation, which can be solved with What'sBest!'s faster and more accurate Simplex Solvers.
ARCHIVES - Solve Problems Faster with What'sBest! 5.0 and LINGO 6.0
Over Nine Times Faster on Large Models
A substantially faster set of solvers are included with the release of What'sBest! 5.0 and LINGO 6.0--including a Barrier solver, also known as an interior point solver, which can provide exceptional speed on large linear models. These releases also offer faster simplex solvers, improved integer solvers, and increased technical control.
LINDO Systems has begun shipping the LINDO API.
ARCHIVES - What'sBest! 4.0 and LINGO 5.0
Improved Speed Tops List of Enhancements
LINDO Systems has released What'sBest! 4.0, which includes a radically faster linear solver, an enhanced nonlinear solver, and offers increased capacity on linear models. What'sBest! 4.0 also includes a number of improvements in usability.
The capacities have been increased in LINDO. The limits on the number of variables for linear models have been at least doubled for the different size versions available.
ARCHIVES - Upgrades Faster and Easier
A license manager has made upgrades for What'sBest! 4.0 and LINGO 5.0 quicker and easier.
ARCHIVES - SOLVER SUITE UPDATED
The release of Solver Suite 4.0 has expanded capacity and updated versions of all three included applications.
Links to Databases & Spreadsheets, Callable Interfaces, and More!!
LINGO 4.0 allows easy access to data from a broader range of sources, makes it easier to hook LINGO into your own application, and includes a variety of other enhancements to make the modeling environment easier to use and more flexible.
ARCHIVES - What'sBest! Enhances Support for Excel 97
The What'sBest! 3.1 adds support for native Excel 97 files. This provides users with additional flexibility in expressing and laying out their models as well as added support of Visual Basic within Excel 97. The earlier 3.0 release of What'sBest! required models built in Excel 97 to be saved as Excel 5/Office 95 files.
ARCHIVES - Improved Suite of Products
The release of Solver Suite 3.0 has updated versions of two of the three included applications. This release includes 100 constraint by 200 variable versions of the new LINGO 4.0, the new What'sBest! 3.1, as well as the current LINDO 6.0.
ARCHIVES - LINDO 6.0 for Windows
Redesigned Interface and Callable DLL Top Enhancements
A Windows version of LINDO featuring several major enhancements has been released. This version of LINDO makes it easier to model interactively and to plug the LINDO solver into your own applications.
ARCHIVES - What'sBest! 3.0 Adds Speed and Flexibility
What'sBest! 3.0 is faster, includes a host of enhancements for modelers and developers, and supports a broader variety of systems.
ARCHIVES - A Sweeter Solver Suite
With significant updates to all three components, Release 2.0 of the Solver Suite gives users a powerful and comprehensive set of tools for learning and applying mathematical optimization.
