1. A Short Tutorial on CPLEX Jason Woodard jason@eecs.harvard.edu CS 286r Section March 5, 2004

2. Outline What is it? How do I use it? Show me some code!

3. What is CPLEX? Optimization software  “For solving linear, mixed-integer and quadratic programming problems in mission-critical resource allocation applications”  Includes a variety of algorithms accessible through a common set of APIs and file formats

4. How Do I Start Using It? Installed on econcs.eecs.harvard.edu  All files accessible from /local/cs286r See especially demo and examples directories Documentation under ilog/cplex81/doc Windows version under ilog/dist/windows Today will focus on Java API  C and C++ APIs also available  Also an interactive command-line interface /usr/ilog/cplex81/bin/cplex

5. Show Me Some Code! Okay …