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AMPL
Sign in to saveAMPL (A Mathematical Programming Language) is an algebraic modeling language to describe and solve high-complexity problems for large-scale mathematical computing (e.g. large-scale optimization and scheduling-type problems).
Key facts
- Programming language.name
- AMPL
- Programming language.logo
- File:AMPL (textbook cover).jpg
- Programming language.designers
- Robert FourerDavid GayBrian KernighanBell Labs
- Programming language.paradigm
- Multi-paradigm: declarative, imperative
- Programming language.developer
- AMPL Optimization, Inc.
- Programming language.latest release version
- 20250901
- Programming language.influenced by
- AWK, C
- Programming language.influenced
- JuMP, Pyomo
- Programming language.operating system
- Cross-platform: Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX, Windows
- Programming language.license
- Proprietary (translator),free and open-source (AMPL Solver Library)
- Programming language.genre
- Algebraic modeling language (AML)
- Programming language.file ext
- .mod, .dat, .run
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1985
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- P737
- Q213970
- P306
- cross-platform
- P6104
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Features
- Availability
- Status history
- {{anchor|example}}A sample model
- Solvers
- See also
- References
- External links
AMPL (A Mathematical Programming Language) is an algebraic modeling language to describe and solve high-complexity problems for large-scale mathematical computing (e.g. large-scale optimization and scheduling-type problems). It was developed by Robert Fourer, David Gay, and Brian Kernighan at Bell Laboratories. AMPL supports dozens of solvers, both open source and commercial software, including CBC, CPLEX, FortMP, MOSEK, MINOS, IPOPT, SNOPT, KNITRO, and LGO. Problems are passed to solvers as nl files. AMPL is used by more than 100 corporate clients, and by government agencies and academic institutions.
One advantage of AMPL is the similarity of its syntax to the mathematical notation of optimization problems. This allows for a very concise and readable definition of problems in the domain of optimization. Many modern solvers available on the NEOS Server (formerly hosted at the Argonne National Laboratory, currently hosted at the University of Wisconsin, Madison) accept AMPL input. According to the NEOS statistics AMPL is the most popular format for representing mathematical programming problems.