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Linear programming

R.H. Culhan (Director of Operations Research at Babcock & Wilcox Co. in Alliance, Ohio.)

Planning Review

ISSN: 0094-064X

Article publication date: 1 May 1975

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Abstract

Planning is preparing for the future. Management science helps planners visualize the future by: Comparing probable outcomes of alternative strategies, Finding a good solution from thousands (or millions) of possibilities, Testing the potential impacts of uncertain factors, Predicting the performance of systems of people and machines.

Citation

Culhan, R.H. (1975), "Linear programming", Planning Review, Vol. 3 No. 5, pp. 21-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053734

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1975, MCB UP Limited

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