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ASCEND
ASCEND · founded 1978
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ASCEND
Free
Free open-source software
Read 11 Oct 2026 · ascend4.org
On the record
- Authoring tools
- Yesascend4.org · read 21 Sep 2026
- Automation
- ASCEND exposes its interface through C, C++, and Python, and users can automate model loading and solving with Python scripts.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Current release
- The homepage identifies version 0.9.8 as the current version.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Data export
- Yesascend4.org · read 21 Sep 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopascend4.org · read 21 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- External libraries can add solvers, integrators, methods, relations, and import handlers; external methods can also be written in Python.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- GUI
- The GUI lets users load models, choose a solver or integrator, and inspect how the model is solved.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- License
- ASCEND is released under the General Public License.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Modeling
- It lets users build complex models from simpler submodels using a special-purpose modeling language.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Problem types
- It can solve nonlinear equations, linear and nonlinear optimization problems, and dynamic systems expressed as differential/algebraic equations.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ASCEND solves systems of equations and is aimed at engineers and scientists.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site invites users to report bugs, contact the team, and contribute models and other work.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Thermodynamics
- It includes thermodynamics capabilities for distillation and flash problems and integrates IAPWS-IF97 steam tables.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Units
- ASCEND handles units of measurement and converts between units such as inches, feet, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.ascend4.org · read 11 Oct 2026
