Optimisation toolbox proves popular

The Global Optimisation Toolbox extends the power of Maple 9.5, enabling a wide range of professionals to obtain the mathematically optimised solution to complex modelling problems.

Released in June 2004, the Global Optimisation Toolbox extends the power of Maple 9.5, the standard among interactive maths software, enabling a wide range of professionals to obtain the mathematically optimised solution to complex modelling problems.

In addition to US-based organisations such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Kentucky State University and Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Global Optimisation Toolbox is being used by organisations in Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy and France, among others.

Optimisation is the science of finding solutions that satisfy complicated constraints and objectives.

In engineering, constraints may arise from technical issues.

In business, constraints are related to many factors, including cost, time, and staff.

The goal of global optimisation is to find the absolute best answer for models that have a number of possible solutions, a process that can be extremely difficult without the best tools.

Frequently engineers and researchers are forced to settle for solutions that are "good enough at the expense of extra time, money, and resources, because the best solution has not been found".

"The Global Optimisation Toolbox meets the needs of industry professionals by providing the tools they need to solve a wide range of complex modelling problems, ranging from advanced engineering design applications to econometrics and finance, management science, medical research and biotechnology and scientific modelling", said Dr Laurent Bernardin, Maplesoft's Chief Scientist.

"Using the Global Optimisation Toolbox, users can formulate optimisation models easily inside the powerful Maple numeric and symbolic system, and then use world-class Maple numeric solvers to return the best answer, fast".

"Maple's optimisation add-on has permitted me to lock-in on optimal parameters in problems involving six parameters on a system with three orders of magnitude for each dimension", said Ron Lenk, Systems Applications Engineering Manager at Tyco Electronics and author of "Practical design of power supplies".

"Full global optimisation is critical and Maple's optimisation addon is the only software I have tried that even comes close to solving these problems".

"The Global Optimisation Toolbox has given me a new way to handle the complex and difficult optimisation problems in my operations research projects", said Professor Mahmut Parlar, Chair, Management Science/Information Systems at DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada.

"Maple is a cornerstone for my daily research and to have an easy-to-use, Maple-based toolbox for projects such as nonconvex optimisation and objective functions is ideal".

"The Global Optimisation Toolbox is a very valuable resource for anyone who deals with nonlinear optimisation problems in operations research, engineering, economics or other applied sciences".

The Global Optimisation Toolbox is part of the Maple Professional Toolbox series of addon products that greatly extend the scope and functionality of Maplesoft products in specialised application areas.

Designed to work seamlessly with the core Maple product suite, these high-performance products deploy best-of-breed technology to deliver maximum benefit from the world's most powerful technical software platform.

Toolboxes target key application areas in engineering, science and technical application development.

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