[CoinBazaar] [EXTERNAL] project proposal: Branch-and-bound Analysis Kit (BAK)

[Brady Hunsaker]

Thanks, Bill.

Brady

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Hart, William E <wehart at sandia.gov> wrote:

>  Brady:
>
>  This looks great.  I'm probably booked up this week, but I'll try to get
> this setup by Friday.
>
>  --Bill
>
>   From: Brady Hunsaker <bradyhunsaker at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:02:34 -0500
> To: <coinbazaar at list.coin-or.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [CoinBazaar] project proposal: Branch-and-bound
> Analysis Kit (BAK)
>
>  Project wiki name (no spaces):
> BAK
>
>  Project page title (default: same as wiki name)
> Branch-and-bound Analysis Kit
>
>  Project description
> Branch-and-bound Analysis Kit provides tools for visualizing and
> understanding the progress of branch-and-bound algorithms.  Multiple
> visualizations are available along with a tool for estimating time to
> completion.  The tools were designed for mixed-integer linear programming,
> but they should work on any branch-and-bound algorithm.
>
>  Categories for this project
> Optimization, ?
>
>  Software language(s)
> Python
>
>  Lead project developer
> Brady Hunsaker
> bradyhunsaker at gmail.com
>
>  License
> Choice of CPL 1.0 or GPL v2 or later
> (I can look at updating the CPL to the EPL.  I'll have to double-check
> what that entails.)
>
>  Justification:
> Why is this project of interest to the operations research community?
> Mainly for people using mixed-integer linear programming, this provides
> tools to better understand what is happening in branch-and-bound trees.  It
> requires certain output be available, but other than that it does not
> depend on the specific solver at all.
>
>  Why does this project belong in COIN-OR?
> It was designed to work primarily with existing COIN-OR tools, including
> SYMPHONY and CBC (though it can also be used with external solvers).
>
>  Why does this project belong in Coin Bazaar? Could it be a stand-alone
> COIN-OR project?
> It could possibly be a stand-alone project, but the overhead of that
> effort has prevented me from getting it more broadly available for some
> time.  Since it is primarily an aid to several existing COIN-OR tools, Coin
> Bazaar makes sense.
>
>  Does this project require read-only access? (default: no)
> I'm not sure what that means in this context.  We need to be able to write
> changes, of course, to keep it updated.  Users need to be able to download
> without having write permissions.
>
>  Thank you,
> Brady Hunsaker
>
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