Form, fit, and function, the engineering mantra made public in the 1990s, is usually applied in reference to consumer goods such as cars and cell phones.But the concept also holds in the design of ...

Because most cost-variable relationships aren't perfectly linear, using a linear function to estimate costs can sometimes produce incorrect values.

Fundamental Theorems. Theorem 1 Let R be the feasible region (convex polygon) for a linear programming problem and let Z = ax + by be the objective function.When Z has an optimal value (maximum or ...