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This book is mostly about a subject called linear programming. Before defining what we mean, in general, by a linear programming problem, let us describe a few practical real-world problems that serve to motivate and at least vaguely to define this subject.
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Vanderbei, R.J. (2020). Introduction. In: Linear Programming. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 285. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39415-8_1
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