A computational procedure is given for finding the minimum of a quadratic function of variables subject to linear inequality constraints. The procedure is analogous to the Simplex Method for linear ...

Introduction to mathematical optimization and its applications, linear optimization models, Simplex Algorithm, sensitivity analysis, mixed-integer optimization models, branch-and-bound algorithm, ...

Ron Shamir, Probabilistic Analysis in Linear Programming, Statistical Science, Vol. 8, No. 1, Report from the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Research Council on ...

George B. Dantzig, the mathematician who invented the field of linear programming, which revolutionized the way government and private enterprise planned, scheduled and generally conducted their ...

Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems. Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within ...