PuLP: A Linear Programming Toolkit for Python

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PuLP: A Linear Programming Toolkit forPythonStuart Mitchell ,Stuart Mitchell Consulting,Michael O Sullivan,Iain DunningDepartment of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandSeptember 5, 2011AbstractThis paper introduces the PuLP library, an open source package that allows math-ematical programs to be described in the Python computer Programming lan-guage. PuLP is a high-level modelling library that leverages the power of thePython language and allows the user to create programs using expressions thatare natural to the Python language, avoiding special syntax and keywords wher-ever IntroductionPuLP is a library for the Python scripting language that enables users to describemathematical programs. Python is a well-established and supported high levelprogramming language with an emphasis on rapid development, clarity of codeand syntax, and a simple object model.

on supporting linear and mixed-integer models. PuLP can easily be deployed on ... extends this by showing some more advanced features and ex-pressions that describe the model more concisely. ... These are “functional programming” devices used in Python to dynamically generate lists, and are very useful for generating lin- ...

  Devices, Linear, Advanced