Introduction to linear programming
Primal and dual LP problems
Setting up lp problems
The transportation and transshipment problems
Spaces, cones, bases and extreme points
Solving systems of equations
Primal simplex algorithm : the price-taking firm
The dual simplex algorithm
Linear programming and the lagrangean function
The artificial variable algorithm
The artificial constraint algorithm
The diet problem revisited
Parametric programming: input demand functions
Parametric programming: output supply functions
Dealing with multiple optimal solutions
Solid waste management
The choice of techniques in a farm production model
Cattle ranch management
The measurement of technical and economic efficiency
Decentralized economic planning
Theorems of linear programming.