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Linear Programming Lecture Notes - Penn State Personal Web Server

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Figure 9.2. The simplex algorithm begins at a feasible point in the feasible region<br />

of the primal problem. In this case, this is also the same starting point in the dual<br />

problem, which is infeasible. The simplex algorithm moves through the feasible<br />

region of the primal problem towards a point in the dual feasible region. At the<br />

conclusion of the algorithm, the algorithm reaches the unique point that is both<br />

primal and dual feasible.<br />

feasible region. Your dual vector w will not enter the feasible region until the last simplex<br />

pivot.]<br />

5. Economic Interpretation of the Dual Problem<br />

Consider again, the value of the objective function in terms of the values of the non-basic<br />

variables (Equation 5.11):<br />

(9.37) z = cx = cBB −1 b + cN − cBB −1 N xN<br />

Suppose we are at a non-degenerate optimal point. We’ve already observed that:<br />

∂z<br />

(9.38) = −(zj − cj) = cj − cBB<br />

∂xj<br />

−1 A·j<br />

We can rewrite all these equations in terms of our newly defined term:<br />

(9.39) w = cBB −1<br />

to obtain:<br />

(9.40) z = wb + (cN − wN) xN<br />

Remember, w is the vector of dual variables corresponding to the constraints in our original<br />

problem P .<br />

Suppose we fix the values of xN.<br />

elements with the property that:<br />

Then we can see that the vector w has individual<br />

(9.41)<br />

∂z<br />

∂bi<br />

= wi<br />

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