The NEOS Server offers the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer for the solution of linear programming (LP), mixed-integer linear programming (MILP), and second-order conic programming (SOCP) problems. Acceptable input formats for CPLEX on the NEOS server include AMPL, GAMS, LP, MPS, and NL formats.
Details on CPLEX can be found on the IBM CPLEX website. Additional information on all IBM software available to academics can be found on the IBM Academic Resources webpage.
The user must submit a model in CPLEX LP format to solve a linear program.
The user may optionally specify two files. The first file may contain a list of CPLEX commands that the user would like executed before the file is read and the optimize command is executed. The second file may contain a list of CPLEX commands that will be executed after the CPLEX optimize command.
The user need not (or should not) include the
read
optimize
xecute
As an alternative to NEOS, you may try the IBM Decision Optimization Cloud for drag and drop solving.
Note: An email address is required for any submissions that use CPLEX. This email address will be forwarded to IBM and may be used by IBM for promotional purposes. When using the XML-RPC interface, you must add the following line into the XML file that is sent to NEOS:
<email>your.address@email.edu</email>