What inspired this Wish List Request? To be honest, this is a personal request that others may find helpful in the future. I'm trying to write a script in JMP for a Discovery Summit paper that requires a nonlinear solution, and I cannot do this from within JSL.
Please describe the new or improved feature or solution you would like to see. The script solves a nonlinear set of equations. I can use Excel Solver to solve this problem, but it is very difficult to set up in a JMP data table (where I could use the Nonlinear platform to solve it.) Instead I would like access to the solver routines from within JSL, where I could write the functions (perhaps in matrix form), and then call Solver. Other tools (Python, Matlab, etc.) have this capability. (In fact, I hope to call the Python solver for the purposes of my paper.)
What would the value be to you and/or other users if this new feature is provided? Customers could solve a wider range of nonlinear problems via JSL.
Is this an external customer request? No, this just comes from me.
Is there a competitive software package that has this feature or solution that we should be aware of? There are a variety of solver packages available in Python, C, Matlab, Excel. I don't know if Minitab, SPSS, etc. have nonlinear solvers, or allow user access.
Will this impact a renewal, expansion, or adoption at a customer, and does this put an account at risk if we do not address this? Not that I know of.
