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The 2022 GAMS Christmas Celebration

Nov 29, 2022 News
This years GAMS christmas party was great. The whole team was happy to attend and it was even possible to have some colleagues from the US at our party. It has become a kind of tradition to go to Henks Küchen.bar in Braunschweig to cook together.
Progress in MINLP Solver Technology

Nov 23, 2022 Solvers
MINLP solvers typically have a rooting in academia. This article highlights the historic performance gains of two of them, BARON and SCIP.
INFORMS Annual Meeting in Indianapolis

Oct 25, 2022 News Conference Report
This year’s INFORMS Annual Meeting in Indianapolis was a great experience. Logan went with Steve and Atharv for GAMS to the conference to have a technical talk about GAMS Engine, GAMS Connect and GAMS Transfer. Besides interesting talks and meetings with old friends, we were very happy with the GAMS sponsored basketball hoop.
An Overview of Math Programming Solvers

Sep 19, 2022 General Tips
Math programming solvers are the workhorses called upon by GAMS to produce optimal solutions to your mathematical models. This overview provides assistance when you are faced with selecting the correct solver for your particular model.
GAMS at the OR2022 in Karlsruhe

Sep 14, 2022 News Conference Report
This year’s annual conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany (GOR e.V.) was held in Karlsruhe from September 6 to September 9. Contributions revolved around the themes of Energy, Information and Mobility.
Moving from GAMS IDE to GAMS Studio

Jul 27, 2022 Roadmap General
GAMS IDE has been with us for more than 20 years. It is about time to say goodbye to this part of the GAMS distribution and learn GAMS Studio instead.
Introducing GAMS Connect

May 9, 2022 GAMS Release News Features
With GAMS 39, we introduce GAMS Connect, a new tool to import and export data to and from different sources in a uniform way.
INFORMS Business Analytics in Houston

Apr 16, 2022 News Conference Report
The INFORMS Business Analytics Conference was back as an in-person conference for the first time since 2019. Therefore Adam, Stefan, and Maurice traveled to Houston to attend the conference and represent the GAMS team.
Engine now talks to you

Apr 13, 2022 API Gams Engine Release News
Engine now supports webhooks to notify you when a job is finished.
How to Tune CPLEX Options for TIMES models

Apr 12, 2022 Tips Examples GAMS Applications
A recent webinar by Evangelos Panos demonstrates how to tune CPLEX options to get more bang for your buck when running large problems such as the TIMES ESM framework.

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Authors

Aileen Boehme

Adam Christensen

Bruce McCarl

Clemens Westphal

Evangelos Panos

Fred Fiand

Freddy Proske

George Franco

Leonard Kunz

Logan Randolph

Lutz Westermann

Marius Bützler

Michael Bussieck

Renke Kuhlmann

Robin Schuchmann

Steve Dirkse

Stefan Mann