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Chapter 7 An Introduction To Linear Programming: Learning Objectives
Chapter 7 An Introduction To Linear Programming: Learning Objectives
AnIntroductiontoLinearProgramming
LearningObjectives
1.
Obtainanoverviewofthekindsofproblemslinearprogramminghasbeenusedtosolve.
2.
Learnhowtodeveloplinearprogrammingmodelsforsimpleproblems.
3.
Beabletoidentifythespecialfeaturesofamodelthatmakeitalinearprogrammingmodel.
4.
Learnhowtosolvetwovariablelinearprogrammingmodelsbythegraphicalsolutionprocedure.
5.
Understandtheimportanceofextremepointsinobtainingtheoptimalsolution.
Knowtheuseandinterpretationofslackandsurplusvariables.
7.
Beabletointerpretthecomputersolutionofalinearprogrammingproblem.
8.
Understandhowalternativeoptimalsolutions,infeasibilityandunboundednesscanoccurinlinear
programmingproblems.
9.
Understandthefollowingterms:
problemformulation
constraintfunction
objectivefunction
solution
optimalsolution
nonnegativityconstraints
mathematicalmodel
linearprogram
linearfunctions
feasiblesolution
feasibleregion
slackvariable
standardform
redundantconstraint
extremepoint
surplusvariable
alternativeoptimalsolutions
infeasibility
unbounded