Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Slack Variables


Slack Variables
In a linear programming model when a structural constraint is in the “less than or equal to” form a non-negative variable is added to the left hand side to convert inequality into equation, then these variables are called as slack variables.
For example: 3X + 5Y ≤ 100
Or, 3X + S1 + 5Y + S2 = 100.
Here S1 and S2 are slack variables.

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