sci.op-research

On Feb 22, 11:27 am, Min wrote:
> I wrote a scheduling optimization (MIP) in OPL-CPLEX for a hospital.
> This is my first time doing real-world project. I am thrilled by the
> final implement. My question is that I don't want to hand them the
> codes and ask them to run in OPL-CPLEX since it is so easy to get
> messed up, what are the options to make it user friendly? Thanks for
> any comments.

Congratulations on your success. You must be very proud. Now someone
has to develop front and back ends of the model. In other words a
User Interface and a report generator. How that is done is dependent
on your computing environment. If you have an object oriented front
end on your data base, you could use that to build input forms and use
a report generator like Crystal Reports to catalog what comes out.
You'd also need to write error trapping routines if the optimizer
craps out on because of an infeasibility or missing data.

If this model is for production purposes, i.e., regular operational
scheduling then you'd probably want to talk to your IT guys to see if
they could develop it, with you assisting.

Good Luck,

SteveM