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simplex method

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.


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A next-door neighbor was George Dantzig, the mathematician who invented a widely used algorithm known as the simplex method.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2014

Using the simplex method, the computer scours the surface of the dome millions of times to pinpoint the corner with the most likely solution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before the Karmarkar method, linear equations could be solved only in a cumbersome fashion, ironically known as the simplex method, devised by Mathematician George Dantzig in 1947.

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