An Economic Interpretation of Linear Programming

A tried and true manual for students and scholars of economists to understand linear programming.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Linear Programming
Chapter 2 Primal and Dual LP Problems
Chapter 3 Setting Up LP Problems
Chapter 4 The Transportation and Transshipment Problems
Chapter 5 Spaces, Cones, Bases and Extreme Points
Chapter 6 Solving Systems of Equations
Chapter 7 Primal Simplex Algorithm: The Price-Taking Firm
Chapter 8 The Dual Simplex Algorithm
Chapter 9 Linear Programming and the Lagrangean Function
Chapter 10 The Artificial Variable Algorithm
Chapter 11 The Artificial Constraint Algorithm
Chapter 12 The Diet Problem Revisited
Chapter 13 Parametric Programming: Input Demand Functions
Chapter 14 Parametric Programming: Output Supply Functions
Chapter 15 Dealing with Multiple Optimal Solutions
Chapter 16 Solid Waste Management
Chapter 17 The Choice of Techniques in a Farm Production Model
Chapter 18 Cattle Ranch Management
Chapter 19 The Measurement of Technical and Economic Efficiency
Chapter 20 Decentralized Economic Planning
Chapter 21 Theorems of Linear Programming