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This page contains some information on how to give a proper reference to the GAMS software and the GAMS documentation in a (scientific) paper. Since the software and the documentation changes with every release, it is a good idea to include the release number XX.Y.Z. A particular release has a publish date, which should be the date mentioned in the reference. The following references are based ob the GAMS 24.2.1 release that was published December 9, 2013. You can find the date in the GAMS Release Notes or by running gams ?
or checking in the IDE Help→About.
GAMS References
GAMS as a software
GAMS Development Corporation, General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) Release 24.2.1, Washington, DC, USA (2013)
GAMS Documentation
GAMS Development Corporation, GAMS - A User's Guide, GAMS Release 24.2.1, Washington, DC, USA (2013)
GAMS Development Corporation, GAMS - The Solver Manuals, GAMS Release 24.2.1, Washington, DC, USA (2013)
Bruce A. McCarl et. al, McCarl Expanded GAMS User Guide, GAMS Release 24.2.1, Washington, DC, USA (2013)
Some scientific papers about GAMS
Johannes Bisschop and Alexander Meeraus, On the Development of a General Algebraic Modeling System in a Strategic Planning Environment, Mathematical Programming Study ,1982, pp. 1-29.
Michael R. Bussieck and Alexander Meeraus, Algebraic Modeling for IP and MIP (GAMS), in Annals of Operations Research 149(1): History of Integer Programming: Distinguished Personal Notes and Reminiscences, Guest Editors: Kurt Spielberg and Monique Guignard-Spielberg, February, 2007, pp. 49-56
Michael R. Bussieck and Alexander Meeraus, General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS), in Modeling Languages in Mathematical Optimization, J. Kallrath (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2004, pp.137-157