%0 Journal Article %1 IJACSA.2012.030401 %A Huang, Fuchun %D 2012 %J International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA) %K Application Fortran Mathematical Optimization Runtime computing evaluation; function interface; language. language; modeling problem; programming programming; subroutine; %N 4 %T A New Application Programming Interface and a Fortran-like Modeling Language for Evaluating Functions and Specifying Optimization Problems at Runtime %U http://ijacsa.thesai.org/ %V 3 %X A new application programming interface for evaluating functions and specifying optimization problems at runtime has been developed. The new interface, named FEFAR, uses a simple language named LEFAR. Compared with other modeling languages such as AMPL or OSil, LEFAR is Fortran-like hence easy to learn and use, in particular for Fortran programmers. FEFAR itself is a Fortran subroutine hence easy to be linked to user’s main programs in Fortran language. With FEFAR a developer of optimization solver can provide pre-compiled, self-executable and directly usable software products. FEFAR and LEFAR are already used in some optimization solvers and should be a useful addition to the toolbox of programmers who develop solvers of optimization problems of any type including constrained/unconstrained, linear/nonlinear, smooth/nonsmooth optimization.

@article{IJACSA.2012.030401, abstract = {A new application programming interface for evaluating functions and specifying optimization problems at runtime has been developed. The new interface, named FEFAR, uses a simple language named LEFAR. Compared with other modeling languages such as AMPL or OSil, LEFAR is Fortran-like hence easy to learn and use, in particular for Fortran programmers. FEFAR itself is a Fortran subroutine hence easy to be linked to user’s main programs in Fortran language. With FEFAR a developer of optimization solver can provide pre-compiled, self-executable and directly usable software products. FEFAR and LEFAR are already used in some optimization solvers and should be a useful addition to the toolbox of programmers who develop solvers of optimization problems of any type including constrained/unconstrained, linear/nonlinear, smooth/nonsmooth optimization.}, added-at = {2014-02-21T08:00:08.000+0100}, author = {Huang, Fuchun}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f90a3844a2d962e42140dbb8cd2bb96e/thesaiorg}, interhash = {bcabe7130d5b2a2b9435d7b6397bd4e0}, intrahash = {f90a3844a2d962e42140dbb8cd2bb96e}, journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA)}, keywords = {Application Fortran Mathematical Optimization Runtime computing evaluation; function interface; language. language; modeling problem; programming programming; subroutine;}, number = 4, timestamp = {2014-02-21T08:00:08.000+0100}, title = {{A New Application Programming Interface and a Fortran-like Modeling Language for Evaluating Functions and Specifying Optimization Problems at Runtime}}, url = {http://ijacsa.thesai.org/}, volume = 3, year = 2012 }