AML: Algebraic Markup Language

Abstract

There exists a variety of formats for representing optimisation models, each with varying degrees of support on optimisation platforms. Existing formats are also unsuitable for Internet distributed computing technologies, due not only to their syntax but also to limited degrees of portability. This paper describes an XML based algebraic mark-up language for representing optimisation models. The principal aim of the language is to provide an abstracted representation format with sufficient generality to capture the structure of optimisation models, and which can easily be ported to existing formats, and is usable in an Internet computing environment.