Dynadec Announces N-Side's Adoption of Comet

International Business Process Optimization Company to Use Dynadec’s Powerful Optimization Platform to Expand and Enhance Its Offerings

Providence, R.I., July 30, 2009 – Dynadec, a developer of next-generation optimization technology, today announced that N-Side, a developer of innovative decision-making solutions for global industries, has adopted the Comet™ technology platform. N-Side will use Comet to develop sophisticated, high-quality optimization solutions for a variety of applications.

Comet is the world's most comprehensive software platform for solving complex optimization problems. Comet combines the methodologies used for constraint programming, constraint-based local search, and dynamic stochastic combinatorial optimization. Its high-level modeling environment, in combination with its hybrid optimization capabilities and native parallelism, represents a significant technical breakthrough for the industry.

“The N-SIDE team is always looking to extend the panel of optimization tools they master and can integrate in their end-user OR-based applications. In its continuous effort to complete this panel, N-SIDE decided to adopt Comet as a promising solution for complex optimization problems and integrated modeling,” said Philippe Chevalier, N-Side’s CTO. “The constraint programming and constraint-based local search capabilities of Comet will give us the ability to enhance and expand our portfolio of optimization solutions.”

“We are pleased that N-Side has chosen to license the Comet platform to help them address the growing complexity of its customers’ challenges,” said Dynadec Chairman Christian Heidelberger. “N-Side can leverage Comet’s capabilities with its own extensive experience in operational research and process optimization to provide the highest quality solutions possible.”

About N-SIDE
N-SIDE delivers innovative decision-making services and solutions to help companies obtain the maximum efficiency from their resources. With the increasing pressure on resource utilization, companies in a variety of industries are turning to N-SIDE to deliver projects that achieve impressive ROI. N-SIDE is particularly active in the steel, pharmaceutical, energy and logistics industries. For more information, visit www.n-side.be. N-SIDE has offices in Belgium, USA and Taiwan.

About Dynadec
Dynadec develops next-generation business decision optimization solutions that enable enterprises to solve their most challenging and complex operational problems. Dynadec’s hybrid optimization solutions for workforce management, vehicle routing, and resource scheduling are based on the company’s proprietary Comet™ platform, which includes patent-pending dynamic stochastic combinatorial optimization algorithms developed by world-renowned optimization expert Pascal Van Hentenryck, Dynadec’s founder. Comet™-enabled solutions are used by both large enterprises and mid-market companies in a variety of industries including transportation, CPG, healthcare and energy. For more information, visit www.dynadec.com.  

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