Paper Info
Title
Subscript-free modeling languages: A tool for facilitating the formulation and use of models
Abstract
This paper presents a subscript-free modeling language (SFL). Several subscript-using modeling languages already have been developed. Unfortunately, managers who are not management science/operations research (MS/OR) specialists have a difficult time working with subscripts. This is the case because such managers typically do not use subscripts and summation notation as part of their jobs. SFL's simple, subscript-free expressions are shown to facilitate both model formulation and use by non MS/OR specialists. Eliminating subscripts also makes it easier to link to database management systems (DBMSs). This linkage facilitates the task of integrating models and data in a decision support system (DSS). That is, SFL models can be stored in, draw inputs from, and return outputs to a DBMS. It is demonstrated that these advantages are obtained without sacrificing expressiveness.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00098-3
European Journal of Operational Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
Model formulation,Mathematical programming,Decision support systems,Database management systems
Data mining,Mathematical optimization,Notation,Programming language,Expression (mathematics),Computer science,Decision support system,Modeling language,Expressivity
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
123
3
0377-2217
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.43
7
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Suh-Yun Elva Lin120.43
David Schuff273439.47
Robert D. St. Louis312014.88