Overview
- An affordable new softcover edition of a classic text
- The first survey of linear programming accessible to upper-division undergraduate and graduate students
- A self-contained, concise mathematical introduction to the theory of linear programming
- Replete with exercises and illustrations
- The exposition is clear and elementary; the style is informal without sacrificing anything necessary for understanding
- Contains both theory and computational practice
Part of the book series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics (MBC)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
“To this reviewer’s knowledge, this is the first book accessible to the upper division undergraduate or beginning graduate student that surveys linear programming from the Simplex Method…via the Ellipsoid algorithm to Karmarkar’s algorithm. Moreover, its point of view is algorithmic and thus it provides both a history and a case history of work in complexity theory. The presentation is admirable; Karloff's style is informal...without sacrificing anything necessary for understanding. Diagrams...aid in providing clarity. The end-of-chapter notes are helpful...Recommended highly for acquisition, since it is not only a textbook, but can also be used for independent reading and study.” (Choice Reviews)
“The reader will be well served by reading the monograph from cover to cover.” (Mathematics of Computing)
“This is a textbook intended for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. It contains both theory and computational practice.” (Zentralblatt Math)
“The exposition is clear and elementary; it also contains many exercises and illustrations.” (Mathematical Reviews)
“A self-contained, concise mathematical introduction to the theory of linear programming.” (Journal of Economic Literature)
Reviews
From the reviews:
“… the reader will be well served by reading the monograph from cover to cover. The author succeeds in providing a concise, readable, understandable introduction to modern linear programming.” (Mathematics of Computing)
“The presentation is admirable; Karloff's style is informal (even humorous at times) without sacrificing anything necessary for understanding. Diagrams (including horizontal brackets that group terms) aid in providing clarity. The end-of-chapter notes are helpful. … Recommended highly for acquisition, since it is not only a textbook, but can also be used for independent reading and study.” (Choice Reviews)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Linear Programming
Authors: Howard Karloff
Series Title: Modern Birkhäuser Classics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4844-2
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston 1991
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-4843-5Published: 19 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8176-4844-2Published: 14 October 2008
Series ISSN: 2197-1803
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Originally published in the series: Progress in Theoretical Computer Science
Topics: Programming Techniques, Applications of Mathematics, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Math Applications in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity