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News - Mosel Master Class
A Workshop on Advanced Modelling and Solving with Xpress-MP
Marseilles, France, 16-17 June, 2005
(Under the auspices of the EC Framework 6 ADONET Project)
This 2-day workshop, conducted by the Mosel developers, gives an introduction to new functionality in Xpress-Mosel and Xpress-Optimizer. It is particularly aimed at researchers and advanced users. The workshop will be preceded by a half-day crash course on Mosel for participants who are not familiar with this software or who only occasionally use Mosel and wish to refresh their knowledge.
Topics:
- Use of the Mosel debugger to ease model development and verification
- Model analysis with the profiler: quick detection of inefficiencies in model formulation and solution algorithms written with Mosel
- Parallelism at the modelling level: from simple parallel runs to decomposition approaches
- User packages and modules: writing extension libraries for the Mosel language to provide access to new solution algorithms or to interface with external software
- Overview of new developments in the Optimizer (parallel MIP, cuts, heuristics)
Speakers:
Oliver Bastert, Yves Colombani, Susanne Heipcke (Dash Optimization);
Laurence Wolsey/Yves Pochet (CORE)
The workshop is designed as a hands-on training course; participants are expected to bring a laptop computer. The course software will be provided. The number of participants is limited to 20.
Deadline:
Deadline for registration is 20 April, 2005. Please indicate whether you wish to attend the crash course. Please book with Susanne Heipcke.
Organization:
Susanne Heipcke, Dash Optimization, Tel/Fax (+33) 4 91 06 08 45
Course Fee:
For non-ADONET members, the fee for the course is Euro 400 + VAT for the two days, or Euro 500 + VAT for the two days and the half-day crash course. Some bursaries are available; please contact Susanne Heipcke.
Hotels:
*** category: New Hotel Vieux-Port (location of the workshop)
3 bis, rue Reine Elisabeth, 13001 Marseille;
Tel (+33) 4 91 99 23 23, Fax (+33) 4 91 90 76 24
http://www.new-hotel.com
single: 150-165 Euro, double: 170-185 Euro, breakfast: 11 Euro
**** category: Hotel Mercure Beauvau Vieux Port (1 min. walking distance)
4, rue Beauvau, 13001 Marseille;
Tel (+33) 4 91 54 91 00, Fax (+33) 4 91 54 15 76
http://www.mercure.com
single: 184-217 Euro, double: 200-237 Euro, breakfast: 16 Euro
** category: Hotel Kyriad Vieux Port (1 min. walking distance)
6, rue Beauvau, 13001 Marseille;
Tel (+33) 4 91 33 02 33, Fax (+33) 4 91 33 21 34
http://www.kyriad.fr.st
single: 67-72 Euro, double: 72-77 Euro, breakfast: 7 Euro
budget: Etap Hotel Marseille Vieux Port (5 min. walking distance)
46, rue Sainte, 13001 Marseille;
Tel (+33) 8 92 68 05 82, Fax (+33) 4 91 54 95 75
http://www.etaphotel.com
single: 46 Euro, double/triple: 52 Euro, breakfast: 4 Euro
Traveling to Marseilles:
Plane: there are direct flights from most major European cities to Marseilles, including some low cost carriers (Hapag Lloyd Express, Thompson, easy Jet), and hourly flight connections ("navette") to Paris.
The next closest international airport is Nice, at 2 hours distance by car or by train.
Train: hourly train connection (TGV) to Paris - 3 hours traveling time.
From the Airport to Marseille: shuttle bus to the main train station "Gare Saint-Charles", 8.50 Euro, every 20 min. between approx. 6am and 10pm
taxi (day tariff approx. 37 Euro, night approx. 46 Euro to the city centre)
All hotels are next to the underground stop "Vieux Port" (Line 1, blue) two stops from the main train station (underground stop "St. Charles").
Information about Marseille:
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