DOI: 10.1287/inte.2025.0266 ISSN: 2644-0865

Practical Guidelines for Solving Difficult Nonlinear (Integer) Programs

Alexandra M. Newman

This paper provides a tutorial on efficiently solving large-scale nonlinear programs, which includes: (i) guidelines for careful formulation, (ii) the use of initial solutions, (iii) the provision of bounds, (iv) the principles of numerical stability, and (v) the use of the solvers to improve performance.

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