Or-tools

Jul 20, 2023

Google’s Operations Research tools

Google Optimization Tools a.k.a., OR-Tools is an open-source, fast and portable software suite for solving combinatorial optimization problems.

The suite contains

  • A constraint programming solver
  • A linear programming solver
  • Wrappers around commercial and other open source solvers, including mixed integer solvers
  • Bin packing and knapsack algorithms
  • Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem and Vehicle Routing Problem
  • Graph algorithms shortest paths, min cost flow, max flow, linear sum assignment


Checkout these related ports:
  • Zn_poly - C library for polynomial arithmetic
  • Zimpl - Language to translate the LP models into .lp or .mps
  • Zegrapher - Software for plotting mathematical objects
  • Zarray - Dynamically typed N-D expression system based on xtensor
  • Z3 - Z3 Theorem Prover
  • Yices - SMT solver
  • Yacas - Yet Another Computer Algebra System
  • Xtensor - Multi-dimensional arrays with broadcasting and lazy computing
  • Xtensor-python - Python bindings for xtensor
  • Xtensor-io - Xtensor plugin to read/write images, audio files, numpy npz and HDF5
  • Xtensor-blas - BLAS extension to xtensor
  • Xspread - Spreadsheet program for X and terminals
  • Xppaut - Graphical tool for solving differential equations, etc
  • Xplot - X11 plotting package
  • Xlife++ - XLiFE++ eXtended Library of Finite Elements in C++