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March 19, 2013 - NEW: AIMMS SDK available (Java, C#, C++)

Today we released the AIMMS SDK, version 1.0. The AIMMS SDK (Software Development Kit) allows you to integrate an AIMMS optimization model with your custom application through a Java, C# or C++ interface.
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March 14, 2013 - AIMMS 3.11 Software Update 7 available

We would like to inform you that the seventh and last Software Update of AIMMS 3.11 has been released. Please visit our website for more information.
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March 1, 2013 - Brazil's Leading Food Processing Company JBS Chooses AIMMS

JBS has chosen AIMMS Partner UniSoma to implement AIMMS PRO within their food processing businesses to improve their core operations.
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February 20, 2013 - AIMMS 3.13 Production Release available

Paragon Decision Technology released the Production Release of AIMMS 3.13. Please visit our website for more information.
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February 1, 2013 - AIMMS Welcomes New COO Jan Willem van Crevel

AIMMS has hired Jan Willem Van Crevel as COO to manage the R&D and product development efforts.
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January 2, 2013 - AIMMS 3.12 PR - SU5 now available

Today we released the fifth Software Update on the Production Release of AIMMS 3.12. Please, visit our website for more information.
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2012

November 30, 2012 - AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH chooses AIMMS

AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH chooses AIMMS for optimized business decisions in their German production network.
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August 31, 2012 - Sapa chooses CQM and AIMMS to optimize their planning

Sapa, world leader in aluminum solutions, has selected the quantitative consulting company CQM and AIMMS optimization technology to develop and optimize their pan-European metal planning and billet allocation process.
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August 15, 2012 - AIMMS MOPTA Modeling Competition Winner 2012

Team Yie-Galindo has been named the winner of this year's AIMMS-MOPTA modeling competition. The announcement was made at the the 2012 MOPTA Conference at Lehigh University on July 31, 2012
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June 27, 2012 - AIMMS Network License Server - Update available

We released an update on the AIMMS Network License Server. Details of this update are stated in the release notes. Please visit our website for more information.
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June 15, 2012 - Introduction of AIMMS PRO

With great pride, Paragon Decision Technology is launching the AIMMS PRO Platform, a revolutionary platform in the field of optimization technology.
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May 23, 2012 - Zalando chooses AIMMS to optimize their logistics operations

Online retailer Zalando chooses AIMMS to optimize their European logistics operations
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April 25, 2012 - Congratulations to TNT Express, winner of 2012 Edelman Award

On April 16th, our customer TNT Express received the prestigious 2012 Franz Edelman Award for outstanding achievement in OR.
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March 8, 2012 - AIMMS 3.12 Production Release available

We would like to inform you that the AIMMS 3.12 Production Release has been released. Please visit our website for more information.
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January 20, 2012 - AIMMS/MOPTA Modeling Competition 2012

The AIMMS/MOPTA Modeling Competition 2012 has started and is ready to take submissions.
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2011

November 23, 2011 - AIMMS Blog started

We have started an AIMMS blog to update our user community
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November 18, 2011 - New ORTEC system helps North Star Alliance ‘optimize the world’

ORTEC has delivered a new application that will assist North Star in determining optimal clinical locations and number of employees for its network of Roadside Wellness Centres (RWCs).
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November 9, 2011 - ORTEC and Paragon take strategic partnership to the next level

The ORTEC Consulting Group and Paragon Decision Technology have taken their strategic collaboration to the next level with a renewed partnership agreement
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October 26, 2011 - Production Planning at Rijk Zwaan

AIMMS partner Outperform has been selected to provide a system for the planning of global seed production at Rijk Zwaan
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August 18, 2011 - AIMMS MOPTA Modeling Competition Winner 2011

Team RANDOM wins AIMMS modeling competition!
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July 20, 2011 - CLH Aviation uses AIMMS PRO to increase service levels

CLH Aviation uses AIMMS PRO to increase service levels and employee satisfaction at 28 airports
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July 8, 2011 - Princeps launches new applications for optimized refinery operations

Princeps, developer of specialized tools targeting the Oil & Gas Industry, has launched two new applications for optimized refinery operations, both based on Paragon’s optimization software AIMMS.
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June 29, 2011 - Paragon and Plexus bring optimization to healthcare industry

Paragon and Plexus bring the benefits of optimization to the healthcare industry to improve efficiency and bottom line results.
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June 9, 2011 - Knauf optimizes demand allocation & facility location process

Knauf Insulation uses AIMMS to optimize their European demand allocation & facility location process
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May 16, 2011 - Invitation kick-off symposium Tilburg Center for Optimization

Tilburg University opens a new research institute for optimization
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April 15, 2011 - Looking for students (or others interested) to help with CP testing

We are looking to find students that are willing to help us test and improve our implementation of CP. For details, please visit our website.
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April 11, 2011 - Paragon part of winning team Edelman Award 2011

Paragon Decision Technology has been awarded the Franz Edelman Award for outstanding Achievement in Operations Research
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April 5, 2011 - Paragon and Eurodecision join forces in France

PARAGON DECISION TECHNOLOGY and EURODECISION join forces in France to support growing demand for optimization solutions
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March 25, 2011 - AIMMS/MOPTA Modeling Competition 2011

The AIMMS/MOPTA Modeling Competition 2011 has started and is ready to take submissions.
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March 23, 2011 - Paragon part of finalist team competing for Franz Edelman Award

Paragon is part of the finalist team of Midwest ISO is competing for the INFORMS 2011 Franz Edelman Award.
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January 12, 2011 - AIMMS 3.11 FR3 Patch available

We have released a patch on the AIMMS 3.11 Feature Release 3. In this patch, a possible crash when showing data pages of empty variables has been fixed.
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2010

December 15, 2010 - AIMMS 3.11 Feature Release 3 available

We have the pleasure of informing you that a new AIMMS 3.11 Feature Release has been issued. Please, visit our website for more information.
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October 4, 2010 - Free Unrestricted AIMMS Academic License

Now free of charge for Academic Users... an unrestricted AIMMS license empowered by world-class solvers.
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September 29, 2010 - CPLEX Upgrade Promotion - Expires November 15, 2010

We are celebrating our renewed partnership with IBM by offering you, for a limited time only, a CPLEX Full solver upgrade at 50% (half price).
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August 20, 2010 - AIMMS MOPTA Modeling Competition Winner 2010

Team ORTEC, the Netherlands wins international AIMMS MOPTA Modeling Competition 2010
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May 31, 2010 - AIMMS 3.10 Manuals available on Lulu

Hardcopies of the AIMMS 3.10 User's Guide and the AIMMS 3.10 Language Reference can be ordered online on www.lulu.com.
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25 years of O.R. in Brazil. UniSoma has played a major role in bringing operations research to some of Brazil's biggest companies.
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April 16, 2010 - AISTAT new AIMMS Service Partner in the Baltics

Following a period of successful initial collaboration, AISTAT and Paragon Decision Technology have now signed an official AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement
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We are pleased to announce the new COIN-OR project AIMMSlinks, which is dedicated to the development of links between AIMMS and solvers that are hosted at COIN-OR.
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February 12, 2010 - OR practice meeting at TNT

A meeting on Mathematical Optimization in Goods Transport Logistics will be held April 15-16, 2010 at TNT Express, The Netherlands.
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February 1, 2010 - AIMMS/MOPTA Modeling Competition 2010

New competition has started February 1, 2010. Register now! Case study: Tax-aware Portfolio Optimization.
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January 27, 2010 - French AIMMS tutorial

the AIMMS Tutorial for beginners is now also available in French
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2009

October 9, 2009 - German AIMMS Tutorial

The AIMMS tutorial for Beginners is now also available in German.
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August 25, 2009 - Time-zone warnings upon starting AIMMS projects

After August 25th, 2009, you may experience two harmless time-zone related warnings when opening any AIMMS project using AIMMS 3.7 or higher. Please see our website for more details.
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August 20, 2009 - AIMMS Modeling Competition Winner

Zuse Institute of Berlin, Germany wins first AIMMS-CPLEX MOPTA Modeling
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August 17, 2009 - AIMMS/Gurobi even more attractive

The pricing for academic users has become even more attractive if purchased with the AIMMS Educational Package; upgrades of existing packages are also allowed.
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June 25, 2009 - AIMMS 3.8.8 and 3.9.2 Software Updates Released

We would like to inform you that the AIMMS 3.8.8 and 3.9.2 Software Updates have been released. Please visit our website for more information.
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June 5, 2009 - AIMMS User Meeting at EURO 2009

At the EURO 2009 conference in Bonn, we are organizing an AIMMS User Meeting on Sunday 5 July 2009
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May 4, 2009 - AIMMS 3.9 Manuals available at Lulu

You can now order a hardcopy of the AIMMS 3.9 Manuals through the AIMMS Book Store at http://stores.lulu.com/aimms.
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April 20, 2009 - ORTEC new AIMMS Service Partner

ORTEC and Paragon Decision Technology have signed an AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement to enhance their collaboration in enabling companies to benefit from Operations Research applications.
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April 15, 2009 - AIMMS Tutorial for Excel Users

We now have a third introductionary AIMMS tutorial, this one explaining AIMMS to people who are familiar with solving in Excel.
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April 11, 2009 - Meet us at the INFORMS Conferences in Arizona (April 24-28)

We offer a free workshop and various software demos at the Regional INFORMS and the INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice 2009. Read all about what we offer in Tempe and Phoenix between April 24 and 28.
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March 31, 2009 - Gurobi new LP/MIP solver in AIMMS

Gurobi Optimization, Inc. and Paragon Decision Technology have confirmed their collaboration by signing a Solver Reseller Agreement.
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March 5, 2009 - AIMMS 3.9 Maintenance Release available for download

We have the pleasure of informing you that the Maintenance Release for AIMMS 3.9 has been issued. Please, visit our website for more information.
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March 2, 2009 - Plans for Robust Optimization and AIMMS

Paragon has signed an agreement to develop Robust Optimization support for AIMMS. For this, we are going to work together with Prof. Aharon Ben-Tal of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, foremost authority in the field of Robust Optimization and its applications.
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February 26, 2009 - AIMMS Workshop in Phoenix, AZ (April 26)

Register now for our preconference workshop at INFORMS 2009
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February 25, 2009 - ETP new partner in South Africa

The South-African consultancy company ETP has become an official AIMMS Service Partner.
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February 1, 2009 - Optimization Modeling Competition

Announcement of first AIMMS-CPLEX Optimization Modeling Competition for graduate students. Organized together with the organizers of MOPTA 2009.
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January 31, 2009 - AIMMS 3.9 - Updated preview of new features

We are finalizing the latest steps in releasing AIMMS 3.9 (to be released in March 2009)
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2008

December 3, 2008 - AIMMS Google Group

To provide an on-line forum for discussion we have launched a Google Group.
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November 24, 2008 - AIMMS 3.9 - Preview of new features

The R&D team at Paragon Decision Technology is currently developing the following features, which are scheduled to be released in Q1 2009 in version 3.9 of the AIMMS modeling system
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November 13, 2008 - Free AIMMS Student License

NEW * Student license for personal use
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October 10, 2008 - Dutch AIMMS User Meeting, 14 November 2008

We invite all Dutch users of the AIMMS modeling system to participate in the Dutch AIMMS User Meeting on 14 November 2008.
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September 8, 2008 - Free AIMMS Workshop on October 11

Register for the AIMMS workshop 'Creating and Diagnosing Your Advanced Optimization Models' held prior to INFORMS Annual OR/MS Conference in Washington D.C.
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July 22, 2008 - Connect with other AIMMS users

The AIMMS LinkedIn Group is created to allow you to network with other AIMMS professionals and become part of a community that is passionate about enabling Operations Research.
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July 11, 2008 - AIMMS User Meeting in Germany

We invite all current and prospective users of the AIMMS modeling system to participate in the AIMMS User Meeting that we will host at the GOR conference in Augsburg on 4 September 2008
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July 11, 2008 - 2nd Issue of Analytics available

Analytics is a new digital magazine that looks at how data, modeling, and mathematical analysis is used to drive better business decisions and provide concrete competitive advantages. Get a look at this second issue.
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July 9, 2008 - GTS Systems & Consulting becomes AIMMS Service Partner

GTS Systems & Consulting GmbH and Paragon Decision Technology have confirmed their collaboration by signing an AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement
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April 11, 2008 - Move of Dutch office

The Dutch office of Paragon Decision Technology will move to a new location in Haarlem.
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January 30, 2008 - Spanish AIMMS Tutorial

The one-hour AIMMS Tutorial for Beginners is now also available in Spanish.
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January 24, 2008 - AIMMS 3.8 Manuals available at lulu.com

Per today, a hardcopy of the AIMMS 3.8 Manuals can be ordered in the AIMMS store at lulu.com.
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January 2, 2008 - Paragon becomes member of INFORMS Roundtable

Per November 2007, Paragon has become a member of the INFORMS Roundtable.
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2007

December 7, 2007 - Supporting negotiations at the climate conference

Software tool developed by ECN and Brinkman Climate Change Consultancy with the AIMMS mathematical modeling system supports negotiations at climate conference in Bali.
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December 6, 2007 - A free AIMMS Viewer!

Together with the AIMMS 3.8 Maintenance Release, a free AIMMS Viewer for AIMMS 3.8 has been released. Visit our website for more information.
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August 22, 2007 - Paragon opens Singapore office

AIMMS services are now also offered from our new Singapore office.
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June 19, 2007 - Paragon becomes member of CAPD, Center for Advanced Process Decision-Making (CMU)

Paragon Decision Technology has become an industrial partipicant of CAPD, a Carnegie Mellon University Research Center engaged in Process Systems Engineering Research for the Process Industries.
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May 2, 2007 - AIMMS 3.8 - Preview of New Developments

Currently Paragon is developing AIMMS 3.8, to be released at the end of 2007. Based on the newest insights from research & academia, requests from our customers, the latest technological developments and our personal ideas and experience, the following major features have been selected to be included
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March 28, 2007 - Extension of SNOPT and MINOS in AIMMS Educational Package

In co-operation with Stanford Business Software Inc., AIMMS now offers SNOPT and MINOS as an extension to the Educational License Package at a special academic price.
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2006

December 5, 2006 - AIMMS RSS News Service now live

Stay up to date with us through your RSS Reader.
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October 31, 2006 - Paragon releases AIMMS 3.7

Paragon Decision Technology released the new AIMMS version 3.7. If you have a maintained AIMMS license, you can download it now and check out the new features!
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October 3, 2006 - Job Opening: Associate AIMMS Specialist

We are looking for an Associate AIMMS Specialist for our US office (Kirkland, WA).
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September 23, 2006 - KNITRO becomes available in AIMMS 3.7

AIMMS 3.7 will also offer KNITRO for solving large-scale general nonlinear problems (NLP) and mixed complementarity constraints problems (MPCC).
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July 1, 2006 - US office open for full service

US office start servicing the Americas
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June 27, 2006 - Outperform and Paragon confirm AIMMS Partnership

Today Outperform and Paragon Decision Technology signed the AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. Paragon and Outperform share the passion to bring the power of mathematical modeling to business decisions at all levels.
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June 16, 2006 - AIMMS Project Audit available

We have extended our support services with an AIMMS Project Audit.
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June 7, 2006 - AIMMS Manuals available @ On-line Book Stores

Paragon Decision Technology has launched the ability to order the latest and redesigned hard copy of the AIMMS 3 manuals (currently version 3.6).
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May 23, 2006 - OptaSoft becomes AIMMS Service Partner in Hungary

Recently OptaSoft Kft and Paragon Decision Technology BV signed an AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. The partnership of OptaSoft and Paragon is expected to result in the delivery of combined services to Hungary and surrounded countries.
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May 15, 2006 - AIMMS at the 2006 Applying Science Conference

AIMMS at the 2006 Applying Science Conference of INFORMS. Presentation files are available for download.
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April 30, 2006 - Take a peek at AIMMS 3.7 developments

Currently Paragon Decision Technology’s R&D is developing AIMMS 3.7 that is to be released at the end of 2006. Based on requests from our customers, our personal experiences and technological developments, the following major features have been selected to be included:
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February 14, 2006 - Update AIMMS 3.6 includes CPLEX 10.0

The update of AIMMS 3.6 of February 13, 2006 includes the new CPLEX 10.0 release. This CPLEX version has several new features and performance improvements.
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February 8, 2006 - AIMMS at INFORMS for OR/MS Practice April 30 - May 2

AIMMS will be presented in all its glory at the INFORMS Conference in Miami (FL) on April 30 - May 2, 2006
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February 6, 2006 - AIMMS Knowledge Base available

We have extended our support services with an AIMMS Knowledge Base.
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January 23, 2006 - Upcoming AIMMS Workshops

Check our upcoming AIMMS workshops in Europe and the US.
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2005

October 17, 2005 - AIMMS Educational Package extension

In cooperation with the suppliers of CPLEX, BARON and LGO we are able to offer the AIMMS Educational Package with extended solver capability.
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October 17, 2005 - AIMMS 3.6 Released

October 17, 2005 Paragon Decision Technology has released the AIMMS 3.6 version.
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October 14, 2005 - Service Partner UniSoma organizes Suppy Chain Management session

On October 20, 2005 UniSoma organizes a one day session in Campinas about Supply Chain Management solutions and the role of Decision Support tools
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September 9, 2005 - AIMMS 3.6 Release Candidate 1 Available

Paragon Decision Technology has released an AIMMS 3.6 Release Candidate. AIMMS 3.6 RC1 is available to everybody and can be downloaded by ordering a free trial license.
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August 4, 2005 - Register now for free AIMMS Workshop at OR 2005 conference (Bremen)

Register now for free AIMMS workshop on September 6 in Bremen
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July 27, 2005 - What can be expected from AIMMS 3.6?

New and extended functionality that will be available in AIMMS 3.6 (October 2005)
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July 26, 2005 - AREVA T&D and Paragon sign Business Agreement

The use of AIMMS and OR will provide AREVA competitive edges in their market
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July 1, 2005 - Paragon celebrates 15th year anniversary

After 15 years, we are as committed as at the start to keep on developing the most valuable modeling environment for mathematical modeling professionals.
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March 4, 2005 - AIMMS at INFORMS for OR/MS Practice, April 17-19

Join us at our pre-conference workshop, software demo, or at the exhibit.
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February 18, 2005 - Ab Ovo becomes AIMMS Service Partner

In January 2005, Ab Ovo and Paragon signed an AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. Ab Ovo became a new user of AIMMS in 2004, and is already providing advanced high quality services and solutions to increase the performance and efficiency of their customers
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2004

December 29, 2004 - AIMMS Trial License includes MINOS, SNOPT and BARON

Paragon has extended its 30-day free Trial License with the solvers MINOS, SNOPT and BARON.
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December 1, 2004 - AIMMS 3.5 Released

On December 1, the AIMMS 3.5 version has been released. New functionalities extend AIMMS with better algorithmic, graphical, performance & platform capabilities.
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September 16, 2004 - Paragon presents AIMMS 3.5 at the INFORMS Annual Meeting

Paragon presents AIMMS 3.5 at the INFORMS Conference in Denver (CO) on October 24-27, 2004. You can meet us in the Exhibit Hall, come to our software demonstration on Monday, or register for our 1-day post-conference workshop on Wednesday.
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August 31, 2004 - AIMMS Trial License includes CPLEX

Paragon has extended its 30-day free Trial License with the CPLEX solver. Feel and experience the high performance and extended capacities of the CPLEX solver in AIMMS.
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August 4, 2004 - UniSoma becomes Brazilian AIMMS Service Partner

In August 2004, UniSoma and Paragon signed an AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. UniSoma has been using the AIMMS modeling system since the mid-nineties, providing a service to their clients in both application development and consultancy specializing in integrated production and logistics planning solutions.
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May 21, 2004 - AIMMS at the 2004 Applying Science Conference

AIMMS at the 2004 Applying Science Conference of INFORMS. Presentations are available for download.
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March 31, 2004 - AIMMS 3.5 Development

What can be expected from the upcoming AIMMS 3.5 release...
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March 29, 2004 - AREVA T&D Corporation and Paragon sign Service Agreement

It reflects the successful cooperation between the two companies, and strengthens the joint efforts in supporting AREVA T&D Corporation's customers and developing Paragon’s modeling environment AIMMS.
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March 24, 2004 - Paragon at the Conference on OR/MS Practice in Cambridge

Paragon Decision Technology will present AIMMS at the INFORMS Conference on OR/MS Practice in Cambridge (MA) on April 25-27, 2004. You can meet us at Booth
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March 1, 2004 - Coming up: 2-Day AIMMS Workshop on April 15-16, 2004

The next 2-day workshop of AIMMS will take place on April 15 and 16, 2004 in the Amsterdam area (The Netherlands).
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February 24, 2004 - CQM becomes AIMMS Service Partner

In February 2004, CQM and Paragon signed the AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. CQM has already been using the AIMMS modeling system for almost 10 years, providing a service to their clients in both application development and consultancy areas.
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February 1, 2004 - Applied Optimization Inc. becomes AIMMS Service Partner

In February 2004, Applied Optimization Inc. (AOI) and Paragon signed the AIMMS Service Partnership Agreement. Earlier, in October 2003, AOI had selected AIMMS as a strategic tool for solution development and consultancy services for the process industry.
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January 1, 2004 - Paragon names new CEO

Gijs Dullaert is named as chief executive officer, replacing interim-CEO Guus Jansen. Gijs Dullaert is co-founder and managing partner of WARP}.
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2003

December 10, 2003 - CPLEX 9 release in update of AIMMS 3.4

The update of AIMMS 3.4 of December 5, 2003 includes the new CPLEX 9.0 release. This CPLEX version not only has major enhancements and performance improvements, but also includes new problem classes.
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October 10, 2003 - New AIMMS website launched

Paragon Decision TechnologyWe have launched a completely redesigned website. This website is designed to provide our existing and potential customers with more insight into the possibilities of AIMMS and gives better access to the information.
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June 1, 2003 - Gertjan de Lange CCO at Paragon

Gertjan de Lange (31) has been appointed the Chief Commercial Officer of Paragon Decision Technology, the decision support software company that was recently acquired by WARP}.
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February 14, 2003 - WARP} announces the acquisition of Paragon Decision Technology

WARP} announces the acquisition of Paragon Decision Technology based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Paragon is a leading and innovative Dutch developer of modelling technology that powers crucial Enterprise Decision Support software applications.
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January 16, 2003 - Paragon at the 28th conference on the mathematics of Operations Research

Paragon presents the AIMMS multi-agent technology and a management chain game at the 28th conference on the mathematics of Operations Research with CentER The
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