Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Interface with GAMS

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Anke Möhring wrote:
> I want to develop an agent based model. Parts of the model are already 
> written in the procedural programming language GAMS (General Algebraic 
> Modeling System). For model-enhancement we would like to use Swarm. 
> Therefore, I have two questions regarding the connection between GAMS 
> and Swarm. Is it possible to interconnect Swarm with GAMS or does an 
> interface already exist? Are there other users who work with Swarm and 
> GAMS?
To use it in an agent or controller object, it looks to me like you'd 
have to invoke a GAMS process.  That would be a very heavy way to do 
things, but it might work provided it wasn't invoked thousands of 
times.   But I don't see a way to optimize a standalone agent model 
using GAMS.  

You might want to look at a library like GSL or some other C or C++ 
optimization library you could link with Swarm. 

Marcus