General Algebraic Modeling System - Timeline

Timeline

• 1976 GAMS idea is presented at the ISMP Budapest
• 1978 Phase I: GAMS supports linear programming. Supported platforms: Mainframes and Unix Workstations
• 1979 Phase II: GAMS supports nonlinear programming.
• 1987 GAMS becomes a commercial product
• 1988 First PC System (16 bit)
• 1988 Alex Meeraus, the initiator of GAMS and founder of GAMS Development Corporation, is awarded INFORMS Computing Society Prize
• 1990 32 bit Dos Extender
• 1990 GAMS moves to Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
• 1991 Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programs capability (DICOPT)
• 1994 GAMS supports mixed complementarity problems
• 1995 MPSGE language is added for CGE modeling
• 1996 European branch opens in Germany
• 1998 32 bit native Windows
• 1998 Stochastic programming capability (OSL/SE, DECIS)
• 1999 Introduction of the GAMS Integrated development environment (IDE)
• 2000 GAMS World initiative started
• 2001 GAMS Data Exchange (GDX) is introduced
• 2002 GAMS is listed in OR/MS 50th Anniversary list of milestones
• 2003 Conic programming is added
• 2003 Global optimization in GAMS
• 2004 Quality assurance initiative starts
• 2004 Support for Quadratic Constrained programs
• 2005 Support for 64 bit PC Operating systems
• 2006 GAMS supports parallel grid computing
• 2007 GAMS supports open-source solvers from COIN-OR
• 2008 Support for 32 and 64 bit Mac OS X
• 2009 GAMS supports extended mathematical programs (EMP)
• 2010 GAMS is awarded the company award of the German Society of Operations Research (GOR)
• 2012 The Winners of the 2012 INFORMS Impact Prize included Alexander Meeraus. The prize was awarded to the originators of the five most important algebraic modeling languages .