<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Dear colleagues,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">we would like to announce PANDA to the general public. Our software package PANDA (Parallel <span><span class="" id=":7bv.1" tabindex="-1">AdjaceNcy</span></span> Decomposition Algorithm) allows for transformation of linear descriptions of polytopes and <span><span class="" id=":7bv.2" tabindex="-1">polyhedra</span></span>.<div><br></div><div>The key features of PANDA are:</div><div>* Vertex enumeration and facet enumeration of polytopes and <span><span class="" id=":7bv.3" tabindex="-1">polyhedra</span></span></div><div>* User choice of double description method and adjacency decomposition</div><div>* Use of symmetry information for compact representation (input & output) as well as faster computation</div><div>* Use of modern multi-core hardware right out of the box (manual control of number of concurrent threads possible, but optional)</div><div>* Ready for use on clusters (<span><span class="" id=":7bv.4" tabindex="-1">MPI</span></span> required)</div><div>* Compatibility with <span><span class="" id=":7bv.5" tabindex="-1">PORTA</span></span> format</div><div>* Correctness guarantee with arbitrary precision integer type or overflow guarded integer type</div><div><br></div><div>For details on usage of the software, please visit the PANDA homepage http://<span><span class="" id=":7bv.6" tabindex="-1">comopt</span></span>.<span><span class="" id=":7bv.7" tabindex="-1">ifi</span></span>.uni-<span><span class="" id=":7bv.8" tabindex="-1">heidelberg</span></span>.<span><span class="" id=":7bv.9" tabindex="-1">de</span></span>/software/PANDA/index.html</div><div><br></div><div>We highly value feedback! If you encounter compilation issues or found a run time bug, please do not hesitate to contact our developer Stefan <span><span class="" id=":7bv.10" tabindex="-1">Lörwald</span></span>. Please use the email address provided in the <span><span class="" id=":7bv.11" tabindex="-1">README</span></span> file of the <span><span class="" id=":7bv.12" tabindex="-1">downloadable</span></span> package and include the version information in your bug report.</div><div><br></div><div>The software is available free of charge under the Creative Commons Attribution-<span><span class="" id=":7bv.13" tabindex="-1">NonCommercial</span></span> 4.0 International License. You'll find the latest version on http://<span><span class="" id=":7bv.14" tabindex="-1">comopt</span></span>.<span><span class="" id=":7bv.15" tabindex="-1">ifi</span></span>.uni-<span><span class="" id=":7bv.16" tabindex="-1">heide</span><span class="" id=":7bv.17" tabindex="-1">lberg</span></span>.<span><span class="" id=":7bv.18" tabindex="-1">de</span></span>/software/PANDA/index.html#download</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>Stefan <span class="" id=":7bv.19" tabindex="-1">Lörwald</span>, Gerhard <span class="" id=":7bv.20" tabindex="-1">Reinelt</span></div><div>Research Group Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization</div><div><span class="" id=":7bv.21" tabindex="-1">Institut</span> <span class="" id=":7bv.22" tabindex="-1">für</span> <span class="" id=":7bv.23" tabindex="-1">Informatik</span>, Ruprecht-<span class="" id=":7bv.24" tabindex="-1">Karls</span>-<span class="" id=":7bv.25" tabindex="-1">Universität</span> Heidelberg<br><span class="" id=":7bv.26" tabindex="-1">Im</span> <span class="" id=":7bv.27" tabindex="-1">Neuenheimer</span> <span class="" id=":7bv.28" tabindex="-1">Feld</span> 368, D-69120 Heidelberg</div></div>
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