The GAMS blog

Farewell to GAMS World - A Bridge between Academia and Industry

Jun 1, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of the internet, websites come and go, reflecting the changing needs and priorities of their users. After two decades of serving as a hub for mathematical programming enthusiasts, the time has come to bid adieu to GAMS World.
Supercharging GAMS models by linking to Artificial intelligence - Heuristic search and machine learning

Jun 1, 2023
GAMS is good at finding decision variable values that provide the optimal solution to a problem for a given set of scenario parameters. It is more difficult to find a strategy that can test combinations of potentially many parameters in an efficient way to identify optimal scenarios.
GAMS at the INFORMS in Colorado

Apr 25, 2023 News Conference Report
This years INFORMS Business Analytics Conference was held in Aurora Colorado. The GAMS team, represented by Adam, Logan, Steve and Bau, went to Aurora to meet with colleagues from other companies and to have interesting talks and presentations.
Optimization in the brewing industry

Mar 3, 2023
Mathematical optimization can be applied in various industries. One recent example can be seen in the brewing industry. A team of researchers from the University of Hamburg has developed a system that supports the Feldschlösschen brewery in producing 220 finished products from 100 semifinished products.
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.

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Authors

Atharv Bhosekar

Aileen Boehme

Adam Christensen

Alexander Meeraus

André Schnabel

Bruce McCarl

Christophe Gouel

Clemens Westphal

Evangelos Panos

Fred Fiand

Freddy Proske

George Franco

Hans Lofgren

Justine Broihan

Julien Harou

Leonard Kunz

Logan Randolph

Lutz Westermann

Mohammed Basheer

Marius Bützler

Michael Bussieck

Mateo Gallia

Renke Kuhlmann

Robin Schuchmann

Steve Dirkse

Stefan Mann