IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio

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Transform your business decision-making with data science

IBM® ILOG® CPLEX® Optimization Studio uses decision optimization technology to optimize your business decisions, develop and deploy optimization models quickly, and create real-world applications that can significantly improve business outcomes.

How? IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is a prescriptive analytics solution that enables rapid development and deployment of decision optimization models using mathematical and constraint programming. It combines a fully featured integrated development environment that supports Optimization Programming Language (OPL) and the high-performance CPLEX and CP Optimizer solvers. It’s data science for your decisions.

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OPL Modeling on macOS

Optimization Programming Language (OPL) and the Integrated Development Environment are available on macOS, along with zLinux port for OPL.

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Better performance

Significant performance improvements for MIP and MIQP problem as well as constraint programming and constraint-based scheduling.

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Data management simplicity

Embed OPL models into Python and easily use pythonic data structures to read and write tabular data.

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Replace intuition with factual decisions

Translate business problems to optimization models and solve using powerful CPLEX engines.

Solve a range of optimization problems

Uncover mathematical programming, constraint programming, and constraint-based models using CPLEX engines.

Choose your deployment

Choose from on-premises, cloud and hybrid deployment options to successfully deliver prescriptive analytics through mathematical and constraint programming.

Gain better outcomes for many industries

A major transportation company reduced operating costs by USD 26 million annually through better allocation of rolling stock by using IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio.

Why IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is the best choice for making decisions

Proven optimization technology with more than 25 years experience
Provides comprehensive end-to-end solution for solving complex problems
Develop and deploy optimization models quickly and accurately
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“ CPLEX can help us work out the optimal locations where we could position a warehouse to minimize delivery time and costs across the entire network. This kind of insight can make a significant difference to our network design strategy. ”

Homarjun Agrahari

Director, Advanced Analytics

FleetPride

“ With IBM's ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio's help, we're developing both the technologies and the business models the energy industry needs to seize opportunities for future growth. ”

Dr. Christian Feisst

CEO

GreenCom Networks

“ The CPLEX engine is a very comprehensive, well-engineered solver; over the years, I have seen CPLEX solve problems that other packages couldn't. ”

William P. Pulleyblank

Professor of Operations Research

West Point