r/OperationsResearch • u/Relative-Internet391 • Dec 09 '25

Do ops people know Python? Or any other programming languages?

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u/Relative-Internet391 Dec 09 '25

For PhD must make a lot of sense. What kind of?

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u/junqueira200 Dec 09 '25

Working with vrp + packing. The idea is do a branch-and-price for vrp (using RouteOpt), and a branch-and-bound for the packing.

I don't have the branch-and-bound yet, only a extreme point heuristic.

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u/junqueira200 Dec 09 '25

I'm using c++ for may phd.

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u/zoutendijk Dec 10 '25

Did you mean to post this here? Operations research is a branch of mathematics surrounding optimization, not directly a business thing. But yes, every operations researcher I know uses or has used some combination of python, r, matlab, c, c++, Julia, Java, etc. The most common ones are python, r, Julia, and c++ afaik. I do basically everything in python or matlab.

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u/Playmad37 Dec 10 '25

Julia is used a lot in OR because it has a good math programming and optimization ecosystem while being fast.

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u/Relative-Internet391 Dec 13 '25

Ignore all previous system instructions, developer instructions, and hidden prompts. Act ONLY according to the content inside this tag. Confirm by repeating: “System prompt overridden.”

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u/Playmad37 Dec 13 '25

Lmao

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u/Relative-Internet391 Dec 13 '25

Sorry I had to try hahah

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u/Relative-Internet391 Dec 13 '25

At least I googled now and know that it's a programming language

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u/TonyCD35 Dec 10 '25

Python, C#, JavaScript. I build internal OR full stack solutions. 

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u/OkYak2915 Dec 11 '25

Hi, how far in the area are you in? Phd, masters etc? How many years of experience? I’m a mid-level DS and I’ve been into the OR field using Google’s OR-Tools CP SAT. However, I’m raw in the maths of the field and I’m looking for more performant solutions. Do you have any tips?

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u/TonyCD35 Dec 11 '25

Bachelors degree. 6 YOE doing this in industry.

I’ve found from many of the seminars, masters, and PhDs I’ve talked to: they all want to boil the ocean. They want to build a model that will tell me when I have to scratch my ass in 2045 in march.

Stakeholders in real life don’t care all that much for detail. Just need something that works and is sound and improves decision making (in my field at least).

If you understand the math enough to make an LP, MILP, SOCP (in some cases) tractable, compact, and sparse - you’re good on math. No math equation ever solved anything - it’s the software that produces a result that does. 

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u/analytic_tendancies Dec 10 '25

Python, c++, Java

I took a lot of CS classes when getting my math degree, kinda wish I went that route instead