[Coin-discuss] New Releases for the COPS Suite

[Ted Ralphs]

COPS is the COIN-OR Open Parallel Search Framework, a suite of tools for 
implementing parallel algorithms based on tree search. The current COPS 
suite consists of three libraries and associated sample applications:

* The Abstract Library for Parallel Search (ALPS) is the base layer of a 
hierarchy consisting of implementations of various tree search 
algorithms for specific problem types.

* The Branch, Constrain, and Price Software (BiCePS) is a data 
management layer built on top of ALPS for implementing relaxation-based 
branch and bound algorithms.

* The BiCePS Linear Integer Solver (BLIS) is a concretization of the 
BiCePS layer for solving mixed-integer linear programs.

There are new stable versions and releases of all three of these 
libraries. These releases are major upgrades to previous versions. All 
three libraries are now fairly stable, though still not well-documented. 
For more information on the suite, please visit

https://projects.coin-or.org/Cops

Cheers,

Ted
-- 
Dr. Ted Ralphs
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
(610)758-4784
tkralphs at lehigh.edu
www.lehigh.edu/~tkr2