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Bases and Basic Solutions of Linear Programs

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In this brief chapter, we introduce some fundamental concepts in linear programming: bases, basic solutions, canonical form associated with a given basis, feasible basis, optimal basis. These notions are a key to the understanding of the simplex algorithm.

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Sakarovitch, M. (1983). Bases and Basic Solutions of Linear Programs. In: Thomas, J.B. (eds) Linear Programming. Springer Texts in Electrical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4106-3_4

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