Flat Files

We establish a connection via an import script (written in the AMPL scripting syntax, later to be replaced by a Python script) to a collection of CSV and flat text data files.

We add a simple but functional, attractive text-based user interface by way of a flat data file formatted for good readability and manual data input.

Discussing common data sources for optimization models and their various means of connection to the model.

A look at practical as well as fancy means by which humans can interact with optimization models during development and in production.