WebMath: LP

[Julian Hall]

Wiley

> I am looking for a web-based application (is that the right word?)
> which would let a student input the initial simplex matrix for an LP
> problem and would return the final simplex matrix. Any suggestions
> for obtaining this?

Have a look at

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/LP-Explorer/

It doesn't allow a student to do quite what you want---unless the student leans
to use a little HTML---but if a resource which just performs the simplex
iterations were too easily available, some students would never do it for
themselves and so fail to master the method.

Julian
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