README

*********** pyCMPL ******** pyCMPL is the CMPL API for Python and an interactive shell. The main idea of this API is

• to define sets and parameters within the user application,
• to start and control the solving process and
• to read the solution(s) into the application if the problem is feasible. All variables, objective functions and constraints are defined in CMPL. These functionalities can be used with a local CMPL installation or a CMPLServer.

CMPLServer is an XML-RPC-based web service for distributed optimization. It is reasonable to solve large models remotely on the CMPLServer that is installed on a high performance system. pyCMPL provides a client API for CMPLServer. CMPL provides three XML-based file formats for the communication between a CMPLServer and its clients. (CmplInstance, CmplSolutions, CmplMessages, CmplInfo)

For further information please visit the CMPL website (www.coliop.org).