Awesome Operational Research

A curated list of awesome Operational research solvers, libraries, books, teachers and resources

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Solvers

Open-source and comercial solvers

• Cbc - An open-source mixed integer programming solver written in C++.
• Clp - An open-source linear programming solver written in C++.
• GLPK - Package is intended for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems.
• lp_solve - A Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver.
• QSopt - Linear Programming Solver.
• SCIP - Solving Constraint Integer Programs.
• CPLEX - Mathematical programming solver for linear programming, mixed integer programming, and quadratic programming.
• Gurobi - Mathematical programming solver.
• LocalSolver - Hybrid mathematical programming solver.
• Mosek - Interior-point optimizer for continous linear, quadratic and conic problems..
• Xpress - Linear and convex quadratic optimization in continuous and integer variables.

Books

Many books about Operational research

• Introduction to Graph Theory
• Robust Discrete Optimization and Its Applications
• Integer Programming
• Introduction to Linear Optimization
• Combinatorial Optimization
• Modern Graph Theory
• Combinatorial Problems and Exercises
• Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach
• Algorithmic Game Theory
• Decomposition Techniques in Mathematical Programming: Engineering and Science Applications
• Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science
• How To Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
• The Algorithm Design Manual
• Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications
• Optimization Theory for Large Systems
• Algorithms
• Applied Mathematical Programming

Teachers

• Andréa Cynthia Santos
• Alexandre Salles da Cunha
• Alexandre Xavier Martins
• Cristian Prins
• Geraldo Robson Mateus
• Jeff Erickson
• Jon Kleinberg
• Luciana Buriol
• Michael Trick
• Paulo Feofiloff
• Sebastián Alberto Urrutia
• Thiago Ferreira de Noronha

Groups

Groups about Operational Research

• LaPO, UFMG, Brazil
• LOSI, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France
• Matheon, Berlin, Germany
• NEO, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• RUTCOR, Rutgers University, United States
• ORBrescia, Università di Brescia, Italy
• ORC, MIT, United States
• OR@Unibo, Università di Bologna, Italy

Resources

Learning Resources

• Free webinars on Operational Research topics
• The Science of Better, from the U.K. OR Society
• Learn about O.R., from the U.K. OR Society

Code Examples and Libraries

• Tutorial on the CPLEX API, in C++
• Implementation of the Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search metaheuristic, in C++
• Implementation of the Biased Random Key Genetic Algorithm metaheuristic, in C++
• Implementation of a simple Genetic Algorithm framework, in C++
• Library to solve Graph Colouring Problems and Max-Weight Stable Set Problems, in C
• LKH-3, Helsgaun's implementation and extension of the popular Lin-Kernigan heuristic for routing problems
• Discorde, a wrapper API for the popular TSP solver Concorde

O.R. Organisations

• EURO, the Association of European Operational Research Societies
• EUROYoung, a group of young EURO researchers organising free events for other young researchers
• AIRO, the Italian O.R. Society
• AIROYoung, the Youth Chapter of AIRO, organising a yearly free workshop and PhD school
• MTL-Students, student chapters for O.R. students in Montreal, Canada
• The Operational Research Society, United Kingdom
• ROADEF, the French O.R. Society
• DORS, the Danish O.R. Society