1. Linear Programming General Form of an LP Model

2. Linear Programming General Form of an LP Model where the c’s, a’s and b’s are constants determined from the problem and the x’s are the decision variables

3. Linear Programming Components of Linear Programming An objective Decision variables Constraints Parameters

4. Linear Programming Assumptions of the LP Model Divisibility - basic units of x’s are divisible Proportionality - a’s and c’s are strictly proportional to the x’s Additivity - each term in the objective function and constraints contains only one variable Deterministic - all c’s, a’s and b’s are known and measured without error