[DMANET] QPlib2014: call for instances

Quadratic programming problems have received an increasing amount of
attention in recent years, both from theoretical and practical points
of view. However, a library specifically conceived for this class of
problems does not exist yet. For this reason we feel the need to
define a standard test set to compare the performance of different
generic quadratic optimization software and to evaluate the
computational performance of newly developed algorithms and solution
techniques. We are looking for interesting and challenging problems
from all fields of Global Optimization, Operations Research and
Combinatorial Optimization, ideally those which have been built to
model real life problems.

We are interested in benchmarking instances with the following characteristics:

* Generic Quadratic objective function.
* Binary, integer and continuous variables.
* Generic Quadratic and/or linear constraints.

Please submit by email to the following address: QPlib2014@gmail.com

The submitted instances must be in one of the following formats:
GAMS/AMPL/LP/MPS. The submission of instances should be accompanied by a
few lines of description with the following information:

* authors/institution/company providing the instance
* references (optional)
* optimum value or upper and lower bounds (optional)
* any additional relevant information (optional)

Please find the QPlib2014 web page here:
http://www.lamsade.dauphine.fr/QPlib2014/

The submission deadline is: 1st March 2014.

Please feel free to contact us for any questions, doubts or additional
information.

We are looking forward to your contribution!

The QPlib2014 Committee:

* Alper Atamturk
* Pietro Belotti
* Samuel Burer
* Sourour Elloumi
* Antonio Frangioni
* Fabio Furini
* Nick Gould
* Leo Liberti
* Andrea Lodi
* Ruth Misener
* Frederic Roupin
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Prof. Andrea Lodi
DEI, University of Bologna
Viale Risorgimento 2
40136 Bologna, Italy
phone: +39 051 2093029
fax: +39 051 2093073
e-mail: andrea.lodi@unibo.it


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