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The Simplex Method: Two Basic Variables Replacement

The paper presents a method for solving the linear programming problems, which is itself a step towards the generalization of the classical Simlex Method. It replaces two basic variables by two ...
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The Simplex and Policy-Iteration Methods Are Strongly Polynomial for the Markov Decision Problem with a Fixed Discount Rate

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We prove that the classic policy-iteration method [Howard, R. A. 1960. Dynamic Programming and Markov Processes. MIT, Cambridge] and the ...
NPR

A Mathematician Who Solved Major Problems

The death of mathematician George Dantzig is a scientific watershed. Dantzig developed "linear programming" and the simplex method, used to solve complex efficiency problems for large organizations.
Harvard Business School

A Degeneracy Exploiting LU Factorization for the Simplex Method

Perold, André. "A Degeneracy Exploiting LU Factorization for the Simplex Method." In Large Scale Linear Programming, edited by G. B. Dantzig, M. A. H. Dempster, and Markku Kallio. Laxenburg, Austria: ...