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A curated index of Operations Research resources — solvers, courses, books, datasets, communities and more. Classified by type, topic and audience.
- AIMMS use casesUse cases
Case studies from AIMMS
- AMPL use casesUse cases
Optimization problems in businesses using AMPL
- Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and ComplexityBook
An introduction to algorithms and computational complexity to solve combinatorial optimization problems
- Coupa use casesUse cases
Customer success stories from Coupa including optimization problems
- CSPlibDataset
CSPLib is a library of test problems for constraint solvers.
- CVRPlibDataset
Instances for the CVRP challenge.
- DecisionBrain use casesUse cases
A track record of successful deployments in several countries across the globe from DecisionBrain
- FICO use casesUse cases
The Resource Center of use cases done with FICO
- GAMS use casesUse cases
A selection of case studies that demonstrate the diverse application areas of mathematical optimization with GAMS.
- Gurobi use casesUse cases
Insights from different case studies of companies using Gurobi
- Hands-On Mathematical Optimization with PythonBook
A gentle introduction to optimization with Python.
- Hexaly use casesUse cases
Success stories from different companies using Hexaly
- IBM use casesUse cases
Use cases from IBM
- Introduction to algorithmsBook
Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness.
- 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.
- Mathprog-ORlibDataset
This site provides access to a number of Operations Research problem data sets.
- Modern LP Book - DualityBook
A discussion about books focused on duality theory
- More Optimal use casesUse cases
Real life examples from More Optimal
- Operations Research: an introductionBook
A book covering the basics of Operations Research
- Optimal Dynamics use casesUse cases
Case studies from Optimal Dynamics
- Optimal Solutions use casesUse cases
Case studies from Optimal Solutions focused on food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, airlines, and finance
- Optimization via Relaxation and DecompositionBook
This book offers an up-to-date description of relaxation/approximation and decomposition techniques, demonstrating how their combined use efficiently solves large-scale optimization problems relevant to engineering, particularly in electrical, and industrial engineering, with a focus on energy.
- Optimizing with Column GenerationBook
An interesting book about Column Generation to tackle large-scale optimization problems
- Optsicom ProjectDataset
Instances for several interesting NP-hard problems.
- ORTECUse cases
Customer success stories from ORTEC
- QAPlibDataset
Instances for Quadratic Assignment Problems.
- SNDlibDataset
SNDlib is a library of data for Survivable fixed telecommunication Network Design. Its purpose is to provide data about realistic telecommunication networks (including traffic) available to the research community.
- The OR Society use casesUse cases
Business cases highlighted by The OR Society
- The OR-LibraryDataset
OR-Library is a collection of test data sets for a variety of Operations Research (OR) problems.
- Timefold use casesUse cases
Customer stories of companies using Timefold for planning problems
- TSPlibDataset
TSPLIB is a library of sample instances for the TSP (and related problems) from various sources and of various types.
- VRPlibDataset
This web is dedicated to the study of VRP; we have compiled here a great deal of information about it for public access: technical reports, many different variants of the problem, alternative algorithms and techniques for solving it, some well-known instances of the problem, the best-so-far solutions for those instances, bibliography, related links…