for a linear programming problem and let Z = ax + by be the objective function. When Z has an optimal value (maximum or minimum), where the variables x and y are subject to constraints described ...

A linear programming problem is one that is concerned ... negative and satisfy a set of linear inequalities (called linear constraints). Variables are sometimes called decision variables and ...

Students will learn the foundations of linear programming, properties of optimal solutions and various solution methods for optimizing problems involving a linear objective function and linear ...