About The Optimization Firm
Founded in 2001, The Optimization Firm was created to commercialize BARON, the optimization software developed by Professor Nick Sahinidis during his time at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Sahinidis later moved to Carnegie Mellon University and then Georgia Tech, where he is now a faculty member, while continuing to lead the firm's research in global optimization, mathematical programming, machine learning, and computational modeling.
Our Products
BARON
A complete solver for global optimization problems, including LP, NLP, MIP, and MINLP. BARON is used by nearly 1,000 institutions in more than 60 countries and is recognized for its speed, robustness, and ability to rigorously solve difficult nonconvex optimization problems to global optimality.
ALAMO
A machine learning tool that builds accurate, interpretable models from data. ALAMO combines optimization with advanced sampling methods to identify models that balance predictive performance with simplicity and is widely used by engineers, managers, and data analysts.
BAM
A global optimization solver for black-box and data-driven problems. BAM is designed for applications where objective functions or constraints are expensive to evaluate, including simulations, experiments, and settings where the underlying relationships are difficult to express in a conventional algebraic model.
Contact Information
The Optimization Firm, LLC
2501 Chatham Rd, Suite #5021
Springfield, IL 62704 USA
Phone: +1 217-850-0555 • Fax: +1 217-850-0556
General: info@minlp.com • Sales: sales@minlp.com