Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems. Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within ...

It’s an important chapter from an exam perspective and also a fascinating one. However, students need to have some idea of geometry and linear equations to better understand Linear Programming.

Jeffrey B. Nugent, Linear Programming Models for National Planning: Demonstration of a Testing Procedure, Econometrica, Vol. 38, No. 6 (Nov., 1970), pp. 831-855 ...

Frederic H. Murphy, Venkat Panchanadam, Understanding Linear Programming Modeling through an Examination of the Early Papers on Model Formulation, Operations Research, Vol. 45, No. 3 (May - Jun., 1997 ...