Linear Programming 1: Introduction

By George B. Dantzig LINEAR PROGRAMMING The Story About How It Began: Some legends, a little about its historical sign- cance, and comments about where its many mathematical programming extensions may be headed. Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war, the management of finances—all require the coordination of interrelated activities. What these complex undertakings share in common is the task of constructing a statement of actio...