Improved capabilities and sophistication of mathematical programming systems (model builders, report generators, and mixed integer codes) have considerably expanded the size and scope of real life ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Feb., 1985), pp. 99-107 (9 pages) This paper indicates that in the current economic climate, linear programming could well be worth ...

Roughly, we will cover the following topics (some of them may be skipped depending on the time available). Linear Programming: Basics, Simplex Algorithm, and Duality. Applications of Linear ...

George B. Dantzig, the mathematician who invented the field of linear programming, which revolutionized the way government and private enterprise planned, scheduled and generally conducted their ...