Abstract
The solution of many problems in industry and commerce depends on the manner in which changes in variable quantities such as profit, value of stock and cost of labour and transport affect each other. When these variables can be written algebraically as a number of linear inequalities, computer programs are devised to find the best (optimum) conditions, and this process is called linear programming.
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Perry, O., Perry, J. (1982). Applications of Graphs. In: Mastering Mathematics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16709-8_16
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