| Article ID: | iaor19981911 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 195 |
| End Page Number: | 201 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Journal: | IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry |
| Authors: | Powell S. |
| Keywords: | duality |
A demonstration is given that the ‘resolving multipliers’ used by Kantorovich in the solution of a production planning model are directly related to dual variables. The interpretation is based on the linear program formulated by Vajda to represent the Kantorovich model. A numerical example is given.