Notes from Kathy's Desk

This is a space for us to share with you some of the interesting questions that come across our desks. There are general articles about optimization -- Linear Programming, MIP, SLP, recursion -- as well as specific tips and best practice suggestions for GRTMPS. I hope there will be something here that will help you make a success of your Successive Linear Programming models and, occassionally at least, to have a bit of number fun.

Richard Tan, my long-time colleague, with whom I collaborated on many interesting optimization problems, passed away unexpectedly at the end of April. We at Haverly Systems are all saddened by the loss. He’s left quite a legacy of ideas and code behind and won’t be forgotten, but I would also like to share with you some of my memories and thoughts about the 25 years that we worked together – and what makes an effective collaboration.