Key Terms

objective B2

constraints B2

decision variables B2

constrained optimization problem B2

formulation B4

less-than-or-equal-to constraint B5

greater-than-or-equal-to constraint B5

equality constraint B5

nonnegativity constraints B5

linear program (LP) B6

feasible solution B6

infeasible solution B6

optimal solution B6

Simplex Method B7

LHS value B7

RHS value B7

Target Cell B9

Changing Cells B9

Constraints (in Solver) B9

Solver Options B9

binding constraints B14

nonbinding constraints B14

slack B14

shadow price B16

marginal value B16

infeasible problem B16

unbounded problem B17

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