Illustrated Guide to Linear Programming

<p>I would not hesitate to recommend the book. -- <i>Industrial Engineering</i><br>Linear programming is an extremely effective problem-solving tool with applications in business agriculture government manufacturing transportation engineering and many other areas. This very readable book presents an elementary introduction to linear programming in a refreshing often humorous style.<br>Requiring no math beyond high-school algebra the book shows how linear programming can help anyone reach the optimum solution for a host of diverse problems. Chapter One introduces the basic concepts of linear programming and discusses its relationship to other mathematical models. Chapter Two discusses the formulation of linear-programming problems including detailed treatment of problems involving diet catering assignment and activity analysis. Chapter Three briefly introduces solution techniques for linear-programming problems emphasizing the graphical approach. The final chapter describes and formulates a number of important applications including network problems traveling-salesman problems and the relationship between linear programming and the theory of games.<br>Finally a useful appendix offers precise statements of definitions theorems and techniques as well as additional computational procedures. Enlivened with over 70 excellent illustrations this book represents a very accessible introduction to basic linear programming.</p>