A linear programming model was developed in 1967 to determine an optimum balance between the available wood mix and the projected sales requirements for known production constraints. Since 1969 this ...

This paper reports a real-life application of linear programming to corporate policy making. The model used in the study was designed to analyze the company's marketing and production policies. The ...

Robert Dorfman, 85, a Harvard University professor respected for his contributions to linear programming and environmental economics, died Monday at his home in Belmont, Mass.

To the observer of modern scientific and technological development, it must perhaps seem strange that linear programming – involved as it is with the idea of planning to achieve optimum results – ...