This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents an algorithm, based on the simplex routine, that provides a way to solve a problem in which the objective function is not ...

The death of mathematician George Dantzig is a scientific watershed. Dantzig developed "linear programming" and the simplex method, used to solve complex efficiency problems for large organizations.

Nonlinear programming is a numerical technique of computing the "optimum levels" of "activities" for an organization or enterpreneur wishing to maximize an "objective function" (say, profit). While ...