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Linear Programming
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Students may select from eight LP applications given in the
introduction. These include school bus scheduling, police patrol
allocation, scheduling bank tellers, selecting product mix, picking
blends to minimize cost, minimizing shipping cost, developing
production schedules, and allocating space.
2. LP theory states that the optimum lies on a corner. All three
solution techniques make use of the “corner point” feature…
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