The paper focuses on multi-stage production systems. If such a system is of the more general type than a production line and many products have to be manufactured according to different technological ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper describes how linear programming models can be used to solve crude-oil producing problems for the purpose of economic planning of ...

George B. Dantzig, the mathematician who invented the field of linear programming, which revolutionized the way government and private enterprise planned, scheduled and generally conducted their ...