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Faculty Working Papers Lubin School of Business

11-1-1999

The Mystery of Linear Programming Explained: Second Edition
Jack Yurkiewicz
Pace University

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WORKING PAPERS
No. 191 November 1999

The Mystery of Linear Programming Explained: Second Edition

by

Jack Yurkewicz, Ph.D. Professor of Management Science and Director of the Advanced Professional Certificate Program Lubin School of Business Pace University

THE MYSTERY OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING EXPLAINEDSECOND EDITION

As Recounted by John H. Watson, M.D. Edited by Jack Yurkiewicz, Ph.D.

Jack Yurkiewicz is Professor of Management Science and Director of the Advanced Professional Certificate Program at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University.

Introduction

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