This combined book and software package provides a complete first course on linear programming for students. George Dantzig is the founding figure in this subject and provides a unique perspective in this treatment. There are hundreds of worked examples and exercises for students to try out the methods covered and to develop a good working skill in this topic.

Inhalt
The Linear Programming Problem.- Solving Simple Linear Programs.- The Simplex Method.- Interior-Point Methods.- Duality.- Equivalent Formulations.- Price Mechanism and Sensitivity Analysis.- Transportation and Assignment Problem.- Network Flow Theory.