Restaurants use linear programming for menu planning. It uses basic algebra to optimize meal production and thereby increase restaurant profits. Linear algebra reflects a direct relationship between ...

Employer-union agreements frequently specify that all workers will have an equal opportunity for overtime employment. Such an agreement is difficult to control when the work force includes a large ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents an algorithm, based on the simplex routine, that provides a way to solve a problem in which the objective function is not ...

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 ...