| Article ID: | iaor1994724 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 56 |
| End Page Number: | 67 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1993 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Greenberg Harvey J. |
A four part series, describes ways to analyze the results of linear programs beyond what is commonly described in texbooks. The intention is to capture the thought process in analysis with two objectives. First, by providing a guide to those getting started in applications of linear programming by suggesting useful ways of looking at the results. Second, by helping to create an artificially intelligent environment for the analysis of results by presenting a protocol that a knowledge engineer can use. The former has been in the folklore for decades; the latter is part of a project to develop an intelligent mathematical programming system. This first part of the series contains basic terms and concepts used in the other three parts: price interpretation, infeasibility diagnosis, and forcing substructures.