Abstract:This chapter provides a critical overview of Linear Programming (LP) from a manager's perspective. The main objective is to provide managers with the essentials of LP as well as cautionary notes and defenses on common modeling issues and software limitations. The authors illustrate the findings by solving a simple LP directly on the original decision variables and constraints space without adding new variables or translating the model to fit a specific solution algorithm. The aims are the unification of divers… Show more
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