Table of contents : Cover Preface to the Central Edition Preface to the First Edition Contents 1 Mathematical Background 2 Motivation and Mathematical Formulation of Linear Programming Problems 3 Slack and Surplus Variables 4 Basic Solutions of a Set of Simultaneous Linear Equations 5 N-Dimensional Euclidean Space and Convex Set 6 Fundamental Properties of Simplex Method 7 Graphical or Geometrical Method of Solving a L.P.P. 8 Simplex Method or Simplex Algorithm (I) 9 Simplex Method or Simplex Algorithm (II) 10 Simplex Method or Simplex Algorithm (III) 11 Resolution of Degeneracy 12 Duality Theory 13 Transportation, Assignment and Travelling Salesman Problems 14 Revised Simplex Algorithm 15 Dual Simplex Method 16 Sensitivity Analysis 17 Parametric Programming 18 Integer Programming 19 Theory of Games 20 Queuing (Deterministic and probabilistic) Models A Development of the Simplex Theory