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Linear Programming Lecture Notes - Penn State Personal Web Server

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Contents<br />

List of Figures vii<br />

Preface xi<br />

Chapter 1. Introduction to Optimization 1<br />

1. A General Maximization Formulation 2<br />

2. Some Geometry for Optimization 4<br />

3. Gradients, Constraints and Optimization 10<br />

Chapter 2. Simple <strong>Linear</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> Problems 13<br />

1. Modeling Assumptions in <strong>Linear</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> 14<br />

2. Graphically Solving <strong>Linear</strong> Programs Problems with Two Variables (Bounded<br />

Case) 16<br />

3. Formalizing The Graphical Method 17<br />

4. Problems with Alternative Optimal Solutions 18<br />

5. Problems with No Solution 20<br />

6. Problems with Unbounded Feasible Regions 22<br />

Chapter 3. Matrices, <strong>Linear</strong> Algebra and <strong>Linear</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> 27<br />

1. Matrices 27<br />

2. Special Matrices and Vectors 29<br />

3. Matrices and <strong>Linear</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> Expression 30<br />

4. Gauss-Jordan Elimination and Solution to <strong>Linear</strong> Equations 33<br />

5. Matrix Inverse 35<br />

6. Solution of <strong>Linear</strong> Equations 37<br />

7. <strong>Linear</strong> Combinations, Span, <strong>Linear</strong> Independence 39<br />

8. Basis 41<br />

9. Rank 43<br />

10. Solving Systems with More Variables than Equations 45<br />

11. Solving <strong>Linear</strong> Programs with Matlab 47<br />

Chapter 4. Convex Sets, Functions and Cones and Polyhedral Theory 51<br />

1. Convex Sets 51<br />

2. Convex and Concave Functions 52<br />

3. Polyhedral Sets 53<br />

4. Rays and Directions 56<br />

5. Directions of Polyhedral Sets 57<br />

6. Extreme Points 59<br />

7. Extreme Directions 62<br />

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