1# IBM® Decision Optimization Modeling for Python (DOcplex)
2
3Welcome to the IBM® Decision Optimization Modeling for Python.
4Licensed under the Apache License v2.0.
5
6With this library, you can quickly and easily add the power of optimization to
7your application. You need IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio to solve the models.
8
9This library is composed of 2 modules:
10
11* IBM® Decision Optimization CPLEX Optimizer Modeling for Python - with namespace docplex.mp
12* IBM® Decision Optimization CP Optimizer Modeling for Python - with namespace docplex.cp
13
14Solving with CPLEX requires that IBM® ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio V12.10 or later
15is installed on your machine.
16
17This library is numpy friendly.
18
19## Install the library
20
21```
22 pip install docplex
23```
24
25## Get the documentation and examples
26
27* [Latest documentation](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/)
28* Documentation archives:
29 * [2.23.222](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.23.222)
30 * [2.22.213](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.22.213)
31 * [2.21.207](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.21.207)
32 * [2.20.204](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.20.204)
33 * [2.19.202](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.19.202)
34 * [2.18.200](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.18.200)
35 * [2.16.195](http://ibmdecisionoptimization.github.io/docplex-doc/2.16.195)
36* [Examples](https://github.com/IBMDecisionOptimization/docplex-examples)
37
38## Get your IBM® ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio edition
39
40- You can get a free [Community Edition](https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=urx-20028)
41 of CPLEX Optimization Studio, with limited solving capabilities in term of problem size.
42
43- Faculty members, research professionals at accredited institutions can get access to an unlimited version of CPLEX through the
44 [IBM® Academic Initiative](http://ibm.biz/cplex-free-for-students).
45
46## Dependencies
47
48These third-party dependencies are automatically installed with ``pip``
49
50- [futures](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/futures)
51- [requests](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests)
52- [six](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six)
53- [certifi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/certifi)
54
55
56
57## License
58
59This library is delivered under the Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004 (see LICENSE.txt).