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An interior point method for linear programming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

M. R. Osborne
Affiliation:
Statistics Research Section, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Box 4, GPO, Canberra, A. C. T. 2601, Australia.
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Abstract

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Design of an interior point method for linear programming is discussed, and results of a simulation study reported. Emphasis is put on guessing the optimal vertex at as early a stage as possible.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990

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