The Gurobi Optimizer is a mathematical optimization software library for solving mixed-integer linear and quadratic optimization problems.

This package comes with a trial license that allows you to solve problems of limited size. As a student or staff member of an academic institution you qualify for a free, full product license. For more information, see:

• https://www.gurobi.com/academia/academic-program-and-licenses/

For a commercial evaluation, you can request an evaluation license.

Other useful resources to get started:

• https://docs.gurobi.com/
• https://support.gurobi.com/hc/en-us/community/topics

A simple example

# Solve the following MIP:
#  maximize
#        x +   y + 2 z
#  subject to
#        x + 2 y + 3 z <= 4
#        x +   y       >= 1
#        x, y, z binary

import gurobipy as gp

# Create a new model
m = gp.Model()

# Create variables
x = m.addVar(vtype="B", name="x")
y = m.addVar(vtype="B", name="y")
z = m.addVar(vtype="B", name="z")

# Set objective function
m.setObjective(x + y + 2 * z, gp.GRB.MAXIMIZE)

# Add constraints
m.addConstr(x + 2 * y + 3 * z <= 4)
m.addConstr(x + y >= 1)

# Solve it!
m.optimize()

print(f"Optimal objective value: {m.objVal}")
print(f"Solution values: x={x.X}, y={y.X}, z={z.X}")