Exam 18: Simplex-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Duality

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The entries in the associated slack column of the final tableau indicate the changes in the values of the current basic variables corresponding to a one-unit increase in the right-hand side.

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The improvement in the value of the optimal solution per-unit increase in a constraint's right-hand side is

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The ranges for which the right-hand-side values are valid are the same as the ranges over which the dual prices are valid.

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The dual variable represents

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As long as the objective function coefficient remains within the range of optimality, the variable values will not change although the value of the objective function could.

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The dual price is the improvement in value of the optimal solution per unit increase in the value of the right-hand-side associated with a linear programming problem.

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The range of optimality is calculated by considering changes in the cj - zj value of the variable in question.

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The number of constraints to the dual of the following problem is: Max Z = 3x1 + 2x2 + 6x3 S.t.4x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 \geq 100 2x1 + x2 - 2x3 \leq 200 4x2 + x3 \geq 200

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The dual price for an equality constraint is the zj value for its artificial variable.

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Dual prices and ranges for objective function coefficients and right-hand-side values are found by considering

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There is a dual price associated with each decision variable.

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If the simplex tableau is from a maximization converted from a minimization, the signs and directions of the inequalities that give the objective function ranges will need to be adjusted to apply to the original coefficients.

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The range of feasibility indicates right-hand-side values for which

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The range of optimality is useful only for basic variables.

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If the dual price for b1 is 2.7, the range of feasibility is 20 \leq b1 \leq 50, and the original value of b1 was 30, which of the following is true?

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For the basic feasible solution to remain optimal

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A linear programming problem with the objective function 3x1 + 8x2 has the optimal solution x1 = 5, x2 = 6.If c2 decreases by 2 and the range of optimality shows 5 \leq c2 \leq 12, the value of Z

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Given the simplex tableau for the optimal primal solution

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A one-sided range of optimality

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The range of optimality for a basic variable defines the objective function coefficient values for which the variable will remain part of the current optimal basic feasible solution.

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