sci.op-research

On Feb 22, 3:23 pm, SteveM wrote:
> 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

Many thanks, SteveM. I especially like the last option of getting IT
people to do it :-)