List of optimization software
Given a transformation between input and output values, described by a mathematical function, optimization deals with generating and selecting the best solution from some set of available alternatives, by systematically choosing input values from within an allowed set, computing the output of the function and recording the best output values found during the process.For example, the inputs could be design parameters for a motor, the output could be the power consumption.For another optimization, the inputs could be business choices and the output could be the profit obtained.An optimization problem, (in this case a minimization problem), can be represented in the following way: In continuous optimization, A is some subset of the Euclidean space Rn, often specified by a set of constraints, equalities or inequalities that the members of A have to satisfy.In combinatorial optimization, A is some subset of a discrete space, like binary strings, permutations, or sets of integers.