Discovering Combinatorial Optimization
with the ILOG Optimization Suite

Agenda

World Leader in Software Components

ILOG Core Technologies

ILOG Optimization Suite

ILOG Optimization Suite – 2

Inside ILOG OPL Studio

Range of Optimization Applications

Agenda

Constraint Programming Example

CP in a Nutshell

Comparing CP and IP

Some CP Constraints – 1

Some CP Constraints – 2

Search Algorithms

Comparing IP and CP modeling

Typical Applications

Agenda

Exercise 1: Solving a set covering IP

Completing exercise 1

Exercise 2: Map coloring CP

Completing exercise 2

Exercise 3: Tracing the algorithm

Completing exercise 3

Demo 1: Advanced graphics

Exercise 4: Factory sequencing

Completing exercise 4

Improving performance

Improving performance – 2

Agenda

What is iterative optimization?

Exercise 5: Resolving

Completing exercise 5

Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)

Demo 2: Solving the TSP

Agenda

Describing a scheduling problem

Activity scheduling: Construction

Activity scheduling (2)

OPL scheduling model

Exercise 6: Scheduling