Simplex algorithm
Author: Guoqing Hu (SysEn 6800 Fall 2020)
Steward: Allen Yang, Fengqi You
Introduction
Simplex algorithm (or Simplex method) is a widely-used algorithm to solve the Linear Programming(LP). Simplex algorithm can be thought as one of the elementary steps for solving the inequality problem, since many of those will be converted to LP and solved via Simplex algorithm[1]. Simplex algorithm has been proposed by George Dantzig, initiated from the idea of step by step downgrade to one of the vortices on the convex polyhedral[2]. "Simplex" could be possibly referred as the top vertex on the simplicial cone which is the geometric illustration of the constraints within Linear Problem[3].
Algorithmic Discussion
Background Theorem
There are two theorem in LP:
- The feasible region for any LP problem is a convex set. If an LP has an optimal solution, there must be an extreme point of the feasible