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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 17, 2021

Bring MATLAB interface back for CPLEX

Please bring back the MATLAB interface for CPLEX. We rely heavily on this feature since toolboxes we use are Matlab exclusive.

Needed by Date Feb 28, 2021
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    Sep 27, 2024

    Please bring back MATLAB interface

  • Guest
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    Sep 18, 2024

    Please please don't forget us with Matlab.

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    Jul 11, 2024

    Either bring matlab back or remove the information on how to connect to matlab from your website nad inform all teh other software people who are using cplex to run their code to update their code as cplex will not be provided anymore. I spent 8 months on this. Such a waste of time money and energy

  • Guest
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    Jul 2, 2024

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector

  • Guest
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    Jul 2, 2024

    Matlab connector has been removed from CPLEX Optimization Studio

  • Guest
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    Apr 26, 2024

    Please DO bring back a Matlab interface


  • Guest
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    Nov 29, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector

  • Guest
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    Nov 22, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector

  • Guest
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    Nov 7, 2023

    Please bring back the Cplex MAtlab Connector.

  • Guest
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    Aug 31, 2023

    The MATLAB interface for CPLEX provides researchers and developers of the MATLAB community easy access to one of the fastest and reliable optimization package. By eliminating this interface, IBM would lose access to a widely connected developer community and a large market, with the result that IBM would lose the opportunity to benefit from that community for its own benefit. From this point of view, IBM should reconsider its decision to remove the CPLEX connector to MATLAB.

  • Guest
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    Aug 31, 2023

    Please bring the back the MATLAB interface for CPLEX. There are numerous research projects that have been developed using this interface and the ongoing progress of our research relys on it. Taking away this feature will render many of these projects and computations useless, especailly given that reproducability is of great importance.

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    Aug 31, 2023

    Systems Biology is my field of study for 7 years, and lots of outstanding works and modelling in this major has been done by MATLAB and many computations have been done using CPLEX. Stopping this feature not only hurts the researchers in this field, but it also hurts the reputation of IBM its self. As many users won't trust in IBM's sustainability any more. So please bring back the MATLAB interface for CPLEX.

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    Aug 30, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector.

  • Guest
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    Aug 30, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector.

  • Guest
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    Aug 30, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector.

  • Guest
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    Aug 30, 2023

    I'e benn using this Matlab Interface for several years so far and one can understand that some internal decision will lead IBM to stop maintaining certain product or line of product. What is difficult to understand is to left behind a whole community that could -even- rely on that product. As others have stated why not release it as opensource? That would be very nice from IBM.

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    Aug 30, 2023

    Please bring back the MATLAB interface for CPLEX. My team uses CPLEX on a daily basis and much of our work depends on CPLEX. Losing the connector would not only effect our current work but also the published research that we made available to the Systems Biology community.

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    Aug 30, 2023

    Please bring back Cplex Matlab Connector.

  • Guest
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    Aug 30, 2023

    Losing CPLEX from MATLAB was a travesty. Please bring it back!

  • Guest
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    Aug 30, 2023

    This is a very good idea to bring back the MATLAB interface for CPLEX, it will be well appreciated!

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