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Modeling activities at the World Bank are highlighted and typified. Requirements for successful modeling applications in such a strategic planning environment are examined. The resulting development of a General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is described. The data structure of this system is analyzed in some detail, and comparisons to other modeling systems are made. Selected aspects of the language are presented. The paper concludes with a case study of the Egyptian Fertilizer Sector in which GAMS has been used as a modeling tool.
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Bisschop, J., Meeraus, A. (1982). On the development of a general algebraic modeling system in a strategic planning environment. In: Goffin, JL., Rousseau, JM. (eds) Applications. Mathematical Programming Studies, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0121223
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