MPS Format - Text data format

MPS Format, aka Mathematical Programming System, is a text data format created in 1974.

#1738on PLDB

50Years Old

A format for storing linear programming problems. Column oriented.

Tags: textDataFormat
Early development of MPS Format happened in IBM
See also: (2 related languages) AMPL, GAMS
2 PLDB concepts link to MPS Format: LP Format, OPB Format

Example from the web:

NAME          EXAMPLE
ROWS
 N  COST
 L  LIM1
 G  LIM2
 E  MYEQN
COLUMNS
   XONE      COST       1
   XONE      LIM1       1
   YTWO      COST       4
   YTWO      LIM2       1
   ZTHREE    COST       9
   ZTHREE    MYEQN      1
RHS
   RHS1      LIM1       5
   RHS1      LIM2       10
   RHS1      MYEQN      7
BOUNDS
UP BND1      XONE       4
LO BND1      YTWO       -1
UP BND1      YTWO       1