# Introduction A short description of how SHOT works is available [here](/shot/about-shot/algorithm.md). For more information, please read the papers listed on the [Publications ](/shot/about-shot/publications.md)page. ## COIN-OR project SHOT is a COIN-OR project, and the code is hosted at COIN-OR's Github page [github.com/coin-or/shot](< https://github.com/coin-or/shot>). **SHOT won the** [**COIN-OR Cup**](https://www.coin-or.org/2018-coin-or-cup-winner) **in 2018.** The prize recognizes and celebrates the best contributions to open source operations research software development and use associated with the COIN-OR software collection. ## Developers and contributors SHOT has mainly been developed by Andreas Lundell (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) and Jan Kronqvist (Imperial College London, UK). The GAMS integration has been made by Stefan Vigerske (GAMS Software GmbH). A full list of contributors and utilized third-party code and libraries are available [here](/shot/about-shot/contributors.md). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.shotsolver.dev/shot/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.