OPTIMIZE
            The OPTIMIZE software, designed and developed at IIT-Bombay, provides a complete environment to learn and solve optimization problems both at the academic level as well as for real world applications. OPTIMIZE has been especially designed to demonstrate various optimization techniques through Sample Problems, Case Studies, and User-defined Problems. The software has a wide variety of algorithms for solving One variable optimization problems, Multivariable Unconstrained and Constrained Non-linear optimization problems and the problems which fit in the frame work of Linear Programming. For Non-linear Programming problems, Direct methods, as well as Indirect methods are available. The software provides easy to use FORTRAN templates to solve real world optimization problems which are coded and solved as User-defined problems. It is completely menu-driven and runs on a PC platform.

SALIENT FEATURES OF OPTIMIZE SOFTWARE
            The OPTIMIZE software, which is a complete environment for solving off-line engineering optimization problems, has been designed and developed at IIT Bombay by a group of faculty members. The software can be used as an instruction aid, or as a total environment to solve applied engineering optimization problems. OPTIMIZE is fully backed-up with
1. Qualitative aspects of engineering optimization techniques
2. Theory of optimization, and
3. An analysis capability

The other features include
1. A menu-driven user-friendly front-end
2.Well tested optimization algorithms which are found to be robust and efficient
3. Educational / Application environment on a single platform which enables the user to browse through the