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Global Optimizer gives you the option of running your optimizations on your desktop computer, on an enterprise grid, or in the Vanguard Optimization Cloud™. An enterprise grid is a cluster of dedicated or individual computers across your network that all assist in performing the optimization. Vanguard Optimization Cloud is a high-performance computer grid hosted by Vanguard Software.
Scale Inexpensively
By using an enterprise grid or the Vanguard Optimization Cloud, there is virtually no limit to your optimization power.
Enterprise-Class Abilities
Global Optimizer has the analytic power to handle the most demanding types of problems, the capacity to handle enterprise-scale models, and the flexibility required to allow many individuals to collaborate in the modeling process.
Global Optimizer's features include:
- Flexible formulations that allow any problem structure, regardless of linearity, discontinuity, and stochasticity assumptions.
- Support for traditional problem formulations, including linear (LP), integer (IP), and more.
- Grid computing to handle complex optimizations with or without Monte Carlo simulation.
- Support for collaborative, distributed modeling.
- Networked for geographically dispersed user groups.
- Customizable Web-based interfaces.
- Complete user authentication, access controls, version controls, and quality controls.
- Support for system integration protocols, including ODBC, Web Services, read/write for CSV, XML, and other file types, Excel links, and many more.
Harness the Power of Grid Computing
Global Optimizer's incredible speed compliments its intelligent search strategy. Uniquely designed to use grid computing, Global Optimizer achieves over 1,000,000 samples per second.
Monte Carlo simulations are, by their very nature,
extremely CPU intensive. They can involve repeatedly
evaluating a model thousands of times. Even for
modestly-sized models, simulation runtimes can become
quite large. Without Grid Computing, the
Global Optimizer can run simulations at about 60
times the speed of similar models in spreadsheets. This
means a simulation that takes an hour in a spreadsheet
will take only one minute in the Global Optimizer.
However, the Global Optimizer is designed to support
models that are much larger than any spreadsheet can
handle. This support includes keeping simulation runtimes
manageable even while running the largest of models.
Put Supercomputing Power on your Desktop
Each Vanguard user has supercomputer processing power
at his or her disposal. Furthermore, this high-end
processing power is achieved very inexpensively because
the grid can be made up of existing computers, using idle
CPU time.
When you run a simulation using Grid Computing, the system gives you the option of simulating on
your desktop computer or running the simulation on the
Enterprise Grid. The Enterprise Grid can be a cluster of
computers that acts as a dedicated grid. Or, it can be
made up of individual computers on your network that all
assist in performing the simulation. This collection of
individual computers can be spread throughout your
organization, contained in one or more department(s), or
made up of just a few engineers working together. Using
idle CPU time, and running completely in the background,
Grid Computing turns each individual computer
into a grid host without disturbing anyone's work.
Upon initiating a grid simulation, the Vanguard Optimizer
sends the job to your central Vanguard Server™. The
server then generates a list of all hosts that are online
and divides the job between the hosts based on their
relative processing power. Each host performs a portion
of the simulation and sends its results back to the
server. When the simulation is complete, the Vanguard
Server merges results from all hosts and sends the
results back to your desktop computer.
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