System
Optimization
Laboratory
(SOL)
is
Optimization
Software
with
a
suite
of
reusable
Fortran
libraries
and
Demo
applications
developed
by
the
System
Optimization
Laboratory
and
Stanford
Business
Software
Inc.
to
solve
large-scale
linear,
non-linear
and
quadratic
optimization
problems
using
algorithms
like
QPOPT,
SNOPT,
MINOS
and
NPSOL.
Researchers
Walter
Murray
and
Michael
Saunders
at
the
System
Optimization
Laboratory,
Stanford
University,
and
Philip
Gill
at
the
Department
of
Mathematics,
UC
San
Diego,
developed
the
algorithms
and
Fortran
software.
SOL
Java
Code
software
finds
wide
application
in
research
and
industrial
establishments.