Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

M7.2 Simplex Solution Procedures

After an initial tableau has been completed, we proceed through a series of five stpng to compute all the numbers needed in the next tableau. The calculations are not difficult, but they are complex enough that even the smallest arithmetic error can produce a wrong answer.

Here are the five simplex stpng.

We first list the five stpng and then carefully explain and apply them in completing the second and third tableaus for the Flair Furniture Company data.

Five Stpng of the Simplex Method for Maximization Problems

1. Determine which variable to enter into the solution mix next. One way of doing this is by identifying the column, and hence the variable, with the largest positive number in the $C_j-Z_j$ row of the preceding ...