SHOT news http://shotsolver.dev/news/ News and releases of SHOT, the Supporting Hyperplane Optimization Toolkit en SHOT 2.0 released http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-10-shot-2-0/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-10-shot-2-0/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT release SHOT 2.0 adds a Python interface, HiGHS as MIP subsolver and extended callbacks. Install it with pip install SHOTpy. What's new in SHOT 2.0, at SIAM OP26 http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-06-siam-op26-talk/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-06-siam-op26-talk/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT talk Andreas Lundell presented the new features of SHOT 2.0 at the SIAM Conference on Optimization in Edinburgh. Preprint on decomposing nonseparable quadratic expressions http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-04-preprint-quadratic-decomposition/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-04-preprint-quadratic-decomposition/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT paper A new preprint describes the eigenvalue and LDLᵀ decomposition-based reformulations of convex quadratic expressions in SHOT 2.0. Preprint on separating hyperplanes for polynomial MINLP http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-02-preprint-separating-hyperplanes/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2026-02-preprint-separating-hyperplanes/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT paper Separating hyperplanes from the moment and sums-of-squares hierarchy, added to the outer approximation for mixed-integer polynomial optimization problems. SHOT paper published in the Journal of Global Optimization http://shotsolver.dev/news/2022-02-shot-paper-jogo/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2022-02-shot-paper-jogo/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT paper The paper describing SHOT is published, open access, in the Journal of Global Optimization. SHOT 1.1 released http://shotsolver.dev/news/2021-10-shot-1-1/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2021-10-shot-1-1/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT release SHOT can now solve its own integer-fixed NLP problems, partition nonseparable quadratics, and handle semicontinuous variables and special ordered sets. Open access paper on the nonconvex features of SHOT http://shotsolver.dev/news/2021-03-nonconvex-paper/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2021-03-nonconvex-paper/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT paper The paper on SHOT's polyhedral approximation strategies for nonconvex MINLP is published in the Journal of Global Optimization, with benchmarks on nonconvex MINLP and MIQCQP. SHOT available on the NEOS Server http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-08-neos/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-08-neos/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT news Submit problems in GAMS format to SHOT on the NEOS Server, without installing anything. Call SHOT through the GAMS links for Pyomo and JuMP http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-07-gams-pyomo-jump/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-07-gams-pyomo-jump/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT news With GAMS installed, SHOT can be called from Pyomo and JuMP through the GAMS interfaces. Updated preprint of the SHOT paper http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-06-updated-preprint/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-06-updated-preprint/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT paper An updated preprint of the SHOT paper is available on Optimization Online. SHOT 1.0 released http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-05-shot-1-0/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-05-shot-1-0/ Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT release SHOT 1.0 is available on GitHub, with binaries for Windows, and in GAMS 31.1. Preprint on the nonconvex features in SHOT http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-03-nonconvex-preprint/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2020-03-nonconvex-preprint/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT paper A preprint describing SHOT's strategies for nonconvex MINLP, with benchmarks on nonconvex MINLP and MIQCQP problems. SHOT 1.0-alpha.1 http://shotsolver.dev/news/2019-10-shot-1-0-alpha/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2019-10-shot-1-0-alpha/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT release The first alpha release of SHOT 1.0, available as source code on GitHub. SHOT wins the 2018 COIN-OR Cup http://shotsolver.dev/news/2018-11-coin-or-cup/ http://shotsolver.dev/news/2018-11-coin-or-cup/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT news Andreas Lundell, Jan Kronqvist and Tapio Westerlund won the 2018 COIN-OR Cup for SHOT.