[Coin-discuss] A FlopC++/COIN-Guide for beginners

[Leo Lopes]

This is absolutely a desired contribution. Thanks in advance!

On 6/8/06, WoelliUSM at aol.com <WoelliUSM at aol.com> wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> first of all, the more and more I work with COIN/FlopC++, the more I am
> fascinated by the excellent work which is done here.
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> Because of many reasons, which I maybe mention later, I started working on
> an FlopC++-Wikipedia as a contribution to this community.
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> As my beginning in January is not too far away, I can remember well how
> difficult it was to start. I still think that a platform for beginners, who
> know about modeling (GAMS, AMPL) but are new to COIN/FLOPC++, is needed.
> FlopC++ may be a good "door-opener" to the world of COIN, as it is not as
> difficult as the mps-format.
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> If you read the wikipedia, you'll see that I try to explain FlopC++ as a
> C++-Class for which extensive C++-knowledge is not needed to become
> attractive to AMPL/GAMS-Users. I try to establish some kind of "plug and
> play" to make it easy to start with FlopC++ and COIN.
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> I'd really like to know, whether this is a desired contribution.
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> Of course this wikipedia is not finished yet, but right now I am thinking of
> either focussing completely on FlopC++ or also explaining basics of COIN. If
> the last option is desired, I need help from this community because I am not
> very experienced with COIN, so I don't know what is really important for
> starters. I am glad about every contribution, note, commentary etc.
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> Greetings from Cologne,
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> Christian Woellenstein
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