A computer-assisted analysis system for mathematical programming models and solutions. A user's guide for ANALYZE. Incl. 1 disk (Q1316664): Difference between revisions

Chapter 1 gives an overview of ANALYZE and how to install it. It also describes how to get started and how to obtain further documentation and help on-line. Chapter 2 reviews the forms of linear programming models and describes the syntax of a model. Chapter 3 illustrates simple queries, like DISPLAY, LIST, and PICTURE. This chapter also introduces the SUBMAT command level to define any submatrix by an arbitrary sequence of additions, deletions and reversals. Syntactic explanations and a schema view are also illustrated. Chapter 4 goes through some elementary exercises to demonstrate computer-assisted and introduce additional conventions of the ANALYZE language. Chapter 5 progresses to some advanced uses of ANALYZE. The first is blocking to obtain macro views of the model and for finding embedded substructures, like a netform. The second is showing rates of substitution described by the basic equations. Chapter 6 describes environment controls, such as the use of the SETUP command. Chapter 7 goes through some advanced exercises. Chapter 8 describes the utilities. Chapter 9 presents some features of the fundamental algorithms and heuristics in ANALYZE. Chapter 10 describes more views of a linear program. The first two are graphic plots. The first of these is an option with the BLOCK command; the second is an option with the SHOW command. The third additional view is a table that can be formed from the syntax and displayed in rectangular format with the TABLE command. Chapter 11 extends the brief discussion of rule files, given in chapter 6, to a full presentation of what capabilities are available and how to use them. Chapter 12 applies only if you received source code (contact the author for information about availability). It explains how you can use the modules used by ANALYZE for designing your own system or changing some of the algorithms. Knowledge of FORTRAN/77 is assumed. Appendix A gives guidance to error messages, and Appendix B describes the extended library of linear programs and how to get more information about them with suggestions for additional exercises.