Thomas F. Coleman researched and contributed algorithms for constrained and unconstrained minimization, nonlinear least squares and curve fitting, constrained linear least squares, quadratic programming, and nonlinear equations.

Dr. Coleman is Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Professor of Combinatorics and Optimization at University of Waterloo.

Dr. Coleman has published 4 books and over 70 technical papers in the areas of continuous optimization and computational methods and tools for large-scale problems.

Yin Zhang researched and contributed the large-scale linear programming algorithm.

Dr. Zhang is Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics on the faculty of the Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training at Rice University.

Dr. Zhang has published over 50 technical papers in the areas of interior-point methods for linear programming and computational mathematical programming.

User's Guide

Getting Started

Free Optimization Interactive Kit

Learn how to use optimization to solve systems of equations, fit models to data, or optimize system performance.

Get free kit

Trials Available

Try the latest version of optimization products.

Get trial software