Below is a compilation with some of the most useful links I've come across,
in my research or simply when surfing for some information.
If you find that some of them are broken, please drop me a line. You can use the
menu on the right to quickly jump to a certain section.
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NEOS - best guide for optimization software. Has at least one software
title for pretty much any kind of optimization problem you can think of...
ILOG CPLEX - perhaps the best software for solving
large scale MIQPs.
Has plugins or interfaces for most modelling and programming languages.
Unfortunately, the free version is only capable of handling few variables and constraints...
LP-solve - very nice, completely free solver for
MILPs. Can handle a
large number of variables and constraints (.... x ....), has a decent presolver, and interfaces with
a lot of languages (certainly AMPL, OPL, MPS format, as well as MATLAB,
C++/C#, Java, Python, Excel...). Good alternative to CPLEX.
SeDuMi and SDPT3 -
the best (free) software for solving conic optimization problems. Can handle fairly large programs
(SDPs with matrices of size
1000+), and, when combined with a suitable modelling language, such as
YALMIP, can become a very powerful tool.
AMPL hook - decent hook for AMPL mode in (X)Emacs. Very useful if you are
writing 'ample' AMPL code in Linux or MacOS.
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MacOS X and TeX, a huge collection of
great links for TeX-related software for MacOS X.
Aquamacs, my favorite editor under MacOS X. Emacs
with Aqua interface. I use it for pretty much anything: LaTeX, C, HTML...
AUCTeX, great package that allows viewing
code chunks as processed images, directly in the editor. Aquamacs
comes with it! :)
RefTeX, excellent package for maintaining
references, labels, etc. Wonderful integration with AUCTeX and
Aquamacs.
TeXniscope,
very nice DVI and
PDF previewer for MacOS X that can
synch with your source code.
TeXShop, nice LaTeX editor/previewer for
MacOS X. Probably the way to go for beginners.
ispell, GNU spell checker for MacOS X. Can be installed through
DarwinPorts. Works well with Emacs.
Excalibur, advanced spell
checker for LaTeX (works with TeXShop)
LaTeXiT, utility to type
LaTeX equations and export to Powerpoint, etc.
Some seetings for customizing Emacs
for LaTeX.
MixTeX, excellent LaTeX implementation for Windows.
WinEdt, very powerful editor under Windows. Unfortunately, it's shareware!
TeXnicCenter, freeware editor for LaTeX under Windows.
Worth a try, not as good as WinEdt.
Ghostscript, Ghostview,
interpreter/viewer for PS and
PDF files. I used it under
Windows, but a MacOS version is also available.
Mathematics of Operations Research -
instructions for submission of LaTeX documents.
Journal of Mathematical Programming -
instructions about LaTeX style files.
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HTML Dog, excellent
CSS and
HTML tutorials.
I read it before building this website... :)
css Zen Garden, a shrine for
CSS fans. Contains lots of interesting designs.
CSS play, an excellent site detailing the
use of CSS.
Position Is Everything, lots of work-arounds
for the crazy positioning differences between
Firefox and IE when using
CSS
HTML character codes, fairly
comprehensive list (includes Romanian)
The JavaScript Source, news, scripts, tutorials.
Quite comprehensive.
How to
create a basic pup-up menu in Dreamweaver.
PHP manual in Romanian