AIMMS Community Edition offers free entry point into optimization modeling

AIMMS, creators of a leading prescriptive analytics platform, announced the release of AIMMS Community Edition that gives data scientists and developers a free entry point into the world of optimization modeling. For more than 30 years, AIMMS has been used by operations research professionals at large, global companies to solve highly complex business problems.

Using advanced mathematical optimization engines under the hood, AIMMS provides recommendations against a (combined) objective, such as minimal cost, optimal service and optimal dispatch. Users can then analyze various options (scenarios) through an interactive user interface. AIMMS Community Edition gives people instant access to this technology, enabling data scientists to expand their know-how in this area, and giving experienced operations research practitioners the possibility to boost their modeling expertise.

The Community Edition includes access to open-source solvers such as CBC (for linear and mixed-integer problems), IPOPT (for nonlinear problems) and AOA (for mixed-integer nonlinear problems). It’s available for anyone to use for personal, noncommercial projects.

Whether it’s crafting a plan to reduce your personal carbon footprint, creating a schedule for your kids’ school or simply to learn and experiment, AIMMS Community Edition is ideal for those who want to apply modeling to improve decision-making. It’s also a great companion for recent graduates who previously used an AIMMS Academic License but want to continue playing with the software at no cost or showcase their AIMMS skills to prospective employers.

The Community Edition comes with access to AIMMS Academy, a free e-learning platform that offers courses and certifications for all AIMMS users, from beginner to expert modelers. With the Academy, users can learn to build an optimization app from start to finish and make the best use of AIMMS’ rich feature set.

 “We see many curious data scientists and software developers who want to get access to the AIMMS toolset as a way to complement AI and machine learning initiatives, and learn about optimization modeling,” says Arthur d’Herbemont, user support and community lead at AIMMS. “At the same time, experienced optimization professionals like that we offer a rich IDE to develop mathematical models with integrated solve capabilities and UI building. With the Community Edition, we are investing in the growth of the AIMMS user community and fostering its empowerment. It supports our mission to bring the benefits of optimization to society.”

For instant access to AIMMS Community Edition, click here.