The decomposition algorithm for linear programming

Notes on linear programming and extensions-part 57

George Bernard Dantzig, Philip S. Wolfe

ResearchPublished 1961

A procedure for the efficient computational solution of linear programs having a certain structural property characteristic of a large class of problems of practical interest. This property makes possible the decomposition of the problem into a sequence of small linear programs whose iterated solutions solve the given problem through a generalization of the simplex method for linear programming.

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Dantzig, George Bernard and Philip S. Wolfe, The decomposition algorithm for linear programming: Notes on linear programming and extensions-part 57. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1961. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2813-PR.html. Also available in print form.
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