Follow these steps to submit a job to NEOS via email or XML-RPC clients:
- Save the following template using your browser's copy and paste tools
- Using your favorite editor, plug your
data files and parameters into the message in the indicated spots
- Descriptions of the input are written with the web interface in mind.
If the description asks for the name of a file, then you will instead need
to insert the contents of the file itself.
- The
<![CDATA[ ... ]]> tag is an escape indicator. This
will ensure that any special characters in your inputs (such as <, >,
&, etc.) will be interpreted correctly.
For email, send this file as the message body or as a plain text attachment to neos@mcs.anl.gov. Do not send .doc, .rtf, .xsw, or other files that aren't plain text. The job results will be mailed to you.
For XML-RPC, you need to submit the contents of this file to NEOS with the
submitJob() method, and retrieve the results with the getResults() method. Go here for more information on using the XML-RPC interface to NEOS.
<document>
<category>lp</category>
<solver>PCx</solver>
<inputMethod>MPS</inputMethod>
<MPS><![CDATA[
...Insert Value Here...
]]></MPS>
<param><![CDATA[
...Insert Value Here...
]]></param>
<comments><![CDATA[
...Insert Value Here...
]]></comments>
</document>
Description of input values
MPS
This page lets you submit a linear programming problem to the NEOS LP solver by specifying the absolute location of an
MPS file.
param
If desired you can also submit a parameter file for PCx. You need
only do this if you wish to override the default parameter
settings. For instructions on writing a PCx parameter file, download the PCx User's Guide in postscript or dvi format.
comments
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