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Modeling Languages and Condor
Modeling Languages and Condor : Metacomputing for Optimization.
Michael Ferris, Todd Munson
A generic framework for utilizing the resources provided by a metacomputer to
concurrently solve several optimization problems generated by a modeling
language is postulated. A mechanism using the Condor resource manager and
the AMPL and GAMS modeling languages is developed and applied to a technique for
solving a mixed-integer programming version of the feature selection problem.
Due to the method's computational requirements, the ability to perform the
optimization in parallel is necessary in order to obtain within a reasonable
amount of time. We provide details about our simple and easy to use tool and
implementation so that other modelers with applications generating many independent
mathematical programs can take advantage of it to significantly reduce duration.
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