🐉 Intro to Linear Programming

Introduction

What is Linear Programming?

Demonstration of Level Curve

Linear Programming Solver

Linear Programming in 3D view

Linear Programming Interactive

Let us say we have a Linear Programming problem with 3 variables: We define the model:

\[ Maximise : 20x_1 + 10x_2 + 15x_3\\ Subject \ to \\ \\ x_1 + x_2 + x_3 <= 10\\ 3x_1 + x_3 <= 24 \]

Here is the interactive LP Polytope:

References

  1. Virginia Postrel, Operations Everything, Boston Globe, Hune 27, 2004. http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/06/27/operation_everything?pg=full
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