Electronic Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

San Antonio, Texas, March 6-9, 2008

Paper C040

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-64488-3, Copyright (C) 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.


A Tutorial Applet for Simplex Method

Pablo Zafra


Kean University

Henry Cleary


Kean University

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ABSTRACT

The authors demonstrate an interactive Java program that can be used by anyone interested in learning and exploring the simplex method for solving linear programming problems. It is valuable as a study tool to help reinforce material and prepare for exams and assignments on the manual calculation of simplex tableaux.

Keyword(s): linear programming, Java