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SNOPT (Sparse NOlinear OPTimizer) is a nonlinear programming (NLP) solver implementing the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for solving large-scale constrained optimization problems with smooth nonlinear objective function and constraints.

External links

• SNOPT homepage
• GAMS/SNOPT SNOPT solver in GAMS interface.
• SNOPT MATLAB interface SNOPT student version in MATLAB MEX interface offered by Professor Philips Gill.

References

• Philip Gill, Walter Murray, Michael Saunders, Arne Drud, Erwin Kalvelagen (2002), GAMS/SNOPT: An SQP Algorithm For Large-Scale Constrained Optimization. PDF