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Online Optimization

[OCC on SourceForge] [Q Public License] [Getting OCC (Step by Step)] [OCC and CVS for developers]

The OptControlCentre Open Source project is hosted at SourceForge.net at May 28th 2002. It is available for download via CVS. CVS is an easy-to use version control systems which keeps you always up-to date with the latest developments. Please read this page and browse the following subsections for details about how to get the OptControlCentre. Two step by step guides are available: The first is mostly intented for users and the second for developers who are also allowed to make changes to the code.

 

IPOPT Downloads

Pre-compiled libraries for IPOPT are available for download for Windows and Linux OS. You still have to obtain a couple of Harwell libraries. Please see the IPOPT installation documentation for more information.

 

Documentation

Recently a paper has been accepted for publication to Computers and Chemical Engineering which uses the OptControlCentre for the dynamic online-optimization of the Tennessee Eastman Challenge Problem. Please use the download link below.

 

Paper: Dynamic Optimization of the Tennessee Eastman Process using the OptControlCentre

A step-by-step guide to build dynamic optimization models is under development. It will appear both on this web site as well as for download. As far as the documentation for OCC is concerned, you can view the Online User Guide here or download it as a PDF file. Other helpful documentation like the CVS book has been added here for convienence.

 

Online Optimization User Guide

 

Open Source Development with CVS

Optimization Models

Example models are distributed together with the OptControlCentre via CVS. It is the aim of the developers to build a comprehensive model library. Ther are some example models in the CVS repository. In addition, you can download the model of the TE process as discussed in the above paper:

Support

Sources of support are

I’m available to give workshops and presentations at your site. Just contact me for details.

 

OptControlCentre uses CVS for version control

CVS is the Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system. CVS is useful for everyone from individual developers to large, distributed teams:

  • Its client-server access method lets developers access the latest code from anywhere there's an Internet connection.
  • Its unreserved check-out model to version control avoids artificial conflicts common with the exclusive check-out model.
  • Its client tools are available on most platforms.

 

The OptControlCentre is hosted at SourceForge

SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open Source development website, with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source developers, including project hosting, version control, bug and issue tracking, project management, backups and archives, and communication and collaboration resources. More details about the OCC on SourceForge here...