WELCOME

You have successfully installed version 8.0 of the Gurobi Optimizer.

You'll find instructions for setting up your Gurobi license in this document, as well as a list of supported platforms, and Release Notes and guidelines for converting existing Gurobi code to run with this new version. Once you have finished browsing this document, you should refer to the Quick Start Guide, the Example Tour, the Reference Manual, or the Remote Services Reference Manual to get started using the Gurobi Optimizer.

Obtaining Your License

To obtain a Gurobi 8 license, you will need to visit the Gurobi License Center. If you are a commercial user under maintenance, you should see your Gurobi 8 license under Current Gurobi Licenses. If you would like to request a free academic license, you can do so from the Free Academic License page. Once you have a license on the Gurobi web site, you will need to follow the instructions for installing a license in the Quick Start Guide.

Supported Platforms for Version 8.0

Platform Operating System Compiler Notes
Windows 64-bit (win64) Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 Visual Studio 2015 Use gurobi_c++md2015.lib (e.g.) for C++
Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 Visual Studio 2017 Use gurobi_c++md2017.lib (e.g.) for C++
Linux® x86-64 64-bit (linux64) Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6.7-6.9, 7.2-7.4 GCC 4.4/4.8
SUSE® Enterprise Linux 11, 12 GCC 4.3/4.4/4.8
Ubuntu® 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04 GCC 4.6/4.8 Use libgurobi_g++5.2.a for C++ in Ubuntu 16.04, 17.10, and 18.04
Mac OS 64-bit (mac64) Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra) Xcode 7/8 Use libgurobi_stdc++.a for -stdlib=libstdc++ in C++
AIX® 64-bit (power64) AIX 7.1 XL C/C++ 9 Due to limited Python support on AIX, this port does not include the Interactive Shell or the Python libraries.

Our Python® interface supports Python versions 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6. Our MATLAB® interface supports MATLAB versions R2013a through R2018a. Our R interface supports R version 3.4.

Release Notes for Version 8.0

In addition to performance enhancements, Gurobi 8.0 adds several new features:

The following is a complete list of the new attributes in Version 8.0:

The following is a complete list of the new parameters in Version 8.0:

The following provides a more complete description of the new Compute Server and Instant Cloud features. Please refer to Remote Services Reference Manual for additional details.

  • Compute Server:
  • Instant Cloud: The features of the compute server are leveraged and exposed in the new Instant Cloud.
  • Code Conversion from Version 7.5

    Programs that were originally written for version 7.5 of the Gurobi Optimizer generally won't require any code changes to use version 8.0. If you'd like to use the new features, some code changes are required.

    Acknowledgements

    We would like to thank Jim Orlin for sharing his ideas on local improvement in MIP, which contributed to our new partitioning heuristic. We would also like to thank Alexandra Newman for her helpful comments on the numerical issues documentation.

    License Agreement

    Note that this software is covered by the Gurobi End User License Agreement. By completing the Gurobi installation process and using the software, you are accepting the terms of this agreement.

    Thank you for using Gurobi products!


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