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Re:Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear ... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:37AM (#39189933)
> results of decades of incremental improvements.

Gurobi was only founded in 2008. I don't doubt the optimizer was the result of "decades of incremental improvements", but the actual implementation must have been started relatively recently.

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Re:Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear ... by christina97 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:50AM (#39190692)
It was founded by some of the key people behind CPLEX (another solver, founded in 1987). In fact, one of the cofounders of Gurobi was a cofounder of CPLEX prior. They brought decades of knowledge with them.
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Re:Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear ... by 7thaccount on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @05:26PM (#39196772)
Yep. They were also able to catch up as CPLEX was bought out by IBM and I think they typically keeps a pretty small staff after an acquisition.
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