# AMPL Model by Hande Y. Benson # # Copyright (C) 2001 Princeton University # All Rights Reserved # # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and # its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby # granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all # copies and that the copyright notice and this # permission notice appear in all supporting documentation. # Source: problem MINLEN in # Vasko and Stott # "Optimizing continuous caster product dimensions: # an example of a nonlinear design problem in the steel industry" # SIAM Review, Vol 37 No, 1 pp.82-84, 1995 # SIF input: A.R. Conn April 1995 # classification LOR2-RN-5-4 param mintph := 45.0; param minthick := 7.0; param minarea := 200.0; param maxarea := 250.0; param maxaspr := 2.0; param k := 1.0; var thick >= minthick, := 0.5; var wid >= 0.0, := 0.5; var len >= 0.0, := 0.5; var tph >= mintph, := 0.5; var ipm >= 0.0, := 0.5; minimize f: len; subject to cons1: 117.370892*tph/(wid*thick)-ipm = 0.0; subject to cons2: thick^2*ipm/48.0-len = 0.0; subject to cons3: wid/thick <= maxaspr; subject to cons4: 0.0 <= thick*wid - minarea <= maxarea-minarea; solve; display f; display thick, wid, len, tph, ipm;