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A curated index of Operations Research resources — solvers, courses, books, datasets, communities and more. Classified by type, topic and audience.
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- Advanced Analytics in PracticeNewsletter
Advanced Analytics in Practice focusing on breaking down what it takes to build real-world advanced analytics applications.
- Advanced modeling for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about advanced modeling for discrete optimization, covering topics such as debugging or predicates
- AGI? No, thank you!Newsletter
AGI? No, thank you! Learning and Intelligent Optimization? Yes, please! https://intelligent-optimization.org/
- AI for Better PlanningNewsletter
Learn more about how AI is changing businesses and how you can leverage it: Insights, tools, tips, and expert voices
- BARONSolver
BARON is the industry-leading solver for mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP).
- Basic modeling for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about basic modeling for discrete optimization with MiniZinc
- Choco solverSolver
An Open-Source java library for constraint programming
- ClarabelSolver
http://clarabel.rs/ is a Rust implementation of an interior point numerical solver for convex optimization problems using a novel homogeneous embedding.
- COPTSolver
A mathematical optimization solver for large-scale optimization problems. It is independently developed by Cardinal Operations, and it includes high-performance solvers for LP, MIP, SDP, (MI)SOCP, convex (MI)QP, convex (MI)QCP and exponential cone programming.
- CPLEXSolver
The IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer solves integer programming problems, very large[3] linear programming problems using either primal or dual variants of the simplex method or the barrier interior point method, convex and non-convex quadratic programming problems, and convex quadratically constrained problems (solved via second-order cone programming, or SOCP).
- cuOptSolver
Achieve world-record speed on large-scale problems with millions of constraints and variables—saving time and reducing costs.
- Discrete Optimization courseCourse
Course about discrete optimization covering a wide range of optimization techniques such as Constraint Programming, Local Search or Column Generation
- FeasibleNewsletter
Where Operations Research practitioners share real-world strategies and emerging techniques for optimal decision-making.
- FICO XpressSolver
The FICO Xpress optimizer is a commercial optimization solver for linear programming (LP), mixed integer linear programming (MILP), convex quadratic programming (QP), convex quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP), second-order cone programming (SOCP) and their mixed integer counterparts. Xpress includes a general purpose non-linear solver, Xpress NonLinear, including a successive linear programming algorithm (SLP, first-order method), and Artelys Knitro (second-order methods).
- GecodeSolver
Gecode is an open source C++ toolkit for developing constraint-based systems and applications. Gecode provides a constraint solver with state-of-the-art performance while being modular and extensible.
- GLPKSolver
For solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It is a set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in the form of a callable library.
- GurobiSolver
Gurobi Optimizer is a prescriptive analytics platform and a decision-making technology developed by Gurobi Optimization, LLC. The Gurobi Optimizer (often referred to as simply, “Gurobi”) is a solver, since it uses mathematical optimization to calculate the answer to a problem.
- Hands-On Mathematical Optimization with PythonBook
A gentle introduction to optimization with Python.
- HexalySolver
Heuristic-based solver with great results in complex problems
- HiGHSSolver
HiGHS is open-source software to solve linear programming (LP), mixed-integer programming (MIP), and convex quadratic programming (QP) models.
- Impactful AnalyticsNewsletter
Analytics, Data Science, and AI - Actionable insights and thoughts to drive positive business transformation and impact.
- InsideOptSolver
Optimization software that leverages machine learning to provide unparalleled performance.
- InsideOpt Weekly PuzzleNewsletter
One puzzle every week.
- Introduction to Operations ResearchBook
An introduction to Operations Research with theory from Linear Programming to simulation, passing through Nonlinear Programming, Game Theory, Metaheuristics or Network flows, among others.
- IpoptSolver
Ipopt (Interior Point Optimizer, pronounced "Eye-Pea-Opt") is an open source software package for large-scale nonlinear optimization. It can be used to solve general nonlinear programming problems
- jMetalSolver
jMetal is a Java-based framework for multi-objective optimization with metaheuristics.
- KalisSolver
An innovative constraints programming component able to solve quickly and efficiently a wide range of combinatorial problems relying on an interactive and user-friendly hybrid framework including constraint programming, mixed-integer programming and artificial intelligence.
- KNITROSolver
The most advanced solver for nonlinear optimization.
- LINGOSolver
LINGO includes a set of built-in solvers to tackle a wide variety of problems. Unlike many modeling packages, all of the LINGO solvers are directly linked to the modeling environment.
- lpsolveSolver
A Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver.
- Mike Talks AINewsletter
Practical AI for business, my experience starting and selling a company, and other content.
- MosekSolver
Solves your LPs, QPs, SOCPs, SDPs, and MIPs. Includes interfaces to C, C++, Java, MATLAB, .NET, Python, Julia, Rust and R.
- NevergradSolver
A gradient-free optimization platform.
- NextmvNewsletter
Roundup of Operations Research, Decision Science, and DecisionOps content from Nextmv and the optimization community
- NLoptSolver
NLopt is a free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization, providing a common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms.
- Operations Research: an introductionBook
A book covering the basics of Operations Research
- Optimization in open-sourceNewsletter
Business Intelligence using optimal decision making tools.
- OSQPSolver
The OSQP (Operator Splitting Quadratic Program) solver is a numerical optimization package for solving convex quadratic programs.
- PlannedNewsletter
Planning education for real-world stuff, the newsletter for problem solvers at scale.
- PRADO seriesNewsletter
🌟 Welcome to the Prescriptive Analytics and Decision Optimization (PRADO) Series 2025! 🌟 The series of presentations about OR in practice, tools, and technologies. 📅 Program Sneak Peek: 🎤 March: Optimizing pharmacy procurement with substitution of drugs
- Punk Rock ORNewsletter
Laura Albert’s newsletter about OR.
- RWTHx: Mathematical Optimization for EngineersCourse
Course about all things mathematical optimization: unconstrained, LP, NLP, MIP, Global optimization, Dynamic optimization, ML for optimization, and optimization under uncertainty.
- SCIPSolver
SCIP is currently one of the fastest non-commercial solvers for mixed integer programming (MIP) and mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP). It is also a framework for constraint integer programming and branch-cut-and-price.
- SCSSolver
SCS (Splitting Conic Solver) is a numerical optimization package for solving large-scale convex quadratic cone problems. The code is freely available on https://github.com/cvxgrp/scs. It solves primal-dual problems.
- Solving algorithms for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about solving discrete optimization problems with different techniques: Constraint Programming, Mixed Integer Programming and Local Search
- The Decision StrategistNewsletter
Advice from a decision strategist with 19 years expertise in analytics & AI, inc. Gartner, system integrators & industry
- Timefold AISolver
Updated fork from OptaPlanner