Artifact Details

Title

Preliminary report on simplex solution of linear programming problems on the Datatron 205 with magnetic tape

Catalog Number

102774546

Type

Document

Description

According to the general description in the report, the simplex method for solution of linear programming problems consisted of a computational procedure that optimized a linear "cost function" which was subject to a set of linear restraints. The document contains machine-language code to implement the simplex method on the Burroughs Datatron 205. The package contains a cover letter for the paper from Alex Orden to Dr. A. M. Peiser.

Date

1957-08

Author

Brown, J. H.

Publisher

Burroughs Corporation

Place of Publication

Pasadena, Calif.

Identifying Numbers

Other number Code: 2.60.010
Other number R-235

Category

Technical Paper or Note

Collection Title

Al Kossow collection

Credit

Gift of Al Kossow

Lot Number

X6512.2012