Operations Research API

  • The Operations Research API enables users to solve complex optimization problems, such as linear programming and constraint programming, through API calls.

  • It offers specialized solutions for mathematical optimization, shift scheduling, and shipping network design.

  • The API leverages various optimization techniques to provide efficient and effective solutions for operational challenges.

  • Users can access the service endpoint at https://optimization.googleapis.com and utilize REST resources for specific problem domains.

The Operations Research API aims to solve high-level operations research problems using linear programming, mixed integer programming, constraint programming and more. It provides optimization solutions for specific problems to external users through an API call.

Service: optimization.googleapis.com

Service endpoint

A service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:

  • https://optimization.googleapis.com

REST Resource: v1.mathopt

Methods
solveMathOptModel POST /v1/mathopt:solveMathOptModel
Solves the input model and returns the result at once.

REST Resource: v1.scheduling

Methods
solveShiftGeneration POST /v1/scheduling:solveShiftGeneration
Solves a shift generation problem from the given SolveShiftGenerationRequest by generating shifts from given shift templates in order to cover the employee demand.
solveShiftScheduling POST /v1/scheduling:solveShiftScheduling
Solves a fixed shift scheduling problem from the given SolveShiftSchedulingRequest by assigning employees to shifts such that employees' scheduling preferences are maximized and scheduling constraint violations are minimized.

REST Resource: v1.shipping

Methods
designShippingNetwork POST /v1/shipping:designShippingNetwork
Solves the liner shipping network design and scheduling problem (LSNDSP) from the given DesignShippingNetworkRequest.