An advanced macro spreadsheet program for the simplex method

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-243

  Kharab, A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Macro; Simplex method; Spreadsheet; Transportation problem

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MODELING; SPREADSHEET;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MACROS; SPREADSHEETS;

SIMPLEX METHOD;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0034145033     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(99)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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