Using the graphical method to solve linear programs

Published October 1998. Reviewed December 2013. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogA key problem faced by managers is how to allocate scarce resources among activities or projects. Linear programming, or LP, is a method of\ud allocating resources in an optimal way. It is one of the most widely used operations research (OR) tools. It has been used successfully as a decision making aid in almost all industries, and in financial\ud and service organizations