LPFML: A W3C XML schema for linear and integer programming

INFORMS Journal on Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-158

  Fourer, Robert ^a   Lopes, Leo ^b   Martin, Kipp ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems; Linear programming; XML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDIZATION; XML;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELERS; MODELING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 21344457201     PISSN: 10919856     EISSN: 15265528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.1040.0120     Document Type: Article

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