$title Standard QP Model (QP1,SEQ=171) $onText The first in a series of variations on the standard QP formulation. The subsequent models exploit data and problem structures to arrive at formulations that have sensational computational advantages. Additional information can be found at: /modlib/adddocs/qp1doc.htm Kalvelagen, E, Model Building with GAMS. forthcoming de Wetering, A V, private communication. Keywords: nonlinear programming, quadratic programming, finance $offText $include qpdata.inc Set d(days) 'selected days' s(stocks) 'selected stocks'; Alias (s,t); * select subset of stocks and periods d(days) = ord(days) > 1 and ord(days) < 31; s(stocks) = ord(stocks) < 51; Parameter mean(stocks) 'mean of daily return' dev(stocks,days) 'deviations' covar(stocks,sstocks) 'covariance matrix of returns (upper)' totmean 'total mean return'; mean(s) = sum(d, return(s,d))/card(d); dev(s,d) = return(s,d) - mean(s); * calculate covariance * to save memory and time we only compute the uppertriangular * part as the covariance matrix is symmetric covar(upper(s,t)) = sum(d, dev(s,d)*dev(t,d))/(card(d) - 1); totmean = sum(s, mean(s))/(card(s)); Variable z 'objective variable' x(stocks) 'investments'; Positive Variable x; Equation obj 'objective' budget retcon 'return constraint'; obj.. z =e= sum(upper(s,t), x(s)*covar(s,t)*x(t)) + sum(lower(s,t), x(s)*covar(t,s)*x(t)); budget.. sum(s, x(s)) =e= 1.0; retcon.. sum(s, mean(s)*x(s)) =g= totmean*1.25; Model qp1 / all /; * Some solvers need more memory qp1.workFactor = 10; solve qp1 using nlp minimizing z; display x.l;