An economic interpretation of linear programming Introduction to linear programming Primal and dual LP problems Setting up lp problems The transportation and transshipment problems Spaces cones bases and extreme points Solving systems of equations Primal simplex algorithm : the price taking firm The dual simplex algorithm Linear programming and the lagrangean function The artificial variable algorithm The artificial constraint algorithm The diet problem revisited Parametric programming: input demand functions Parametric programming: output supply functions Dealing with multiple optimal solutions Solid waste management The choice of techniques in a farm production model Cattle ranch management The measurement of technical and economic efficiency Decentralized economic planning Theorems of linear programming