Alternative Optimal Solutions –

Continued
◼ After one iteration
◼ We find alternative optimal table:

BV x y S1 S2 S3 Soln.
Z 0 0 0 2 0 40
x 1 0 5/8 – 1/8 0 15/4
y 0 1 – 1/4 1/4 0 5/2
S3 0 0 – 1/2 – 1/2 1 3

◼ Here, x = 15/4, y = 5/2 and optimal value = 40 (again)

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Degeneracy

◼ Maximize: z = 2x + y
◼ Subject to: 4x + 3y <= 12
4x + y <= 8
4x – y <= 8
◼ Sign constraints: x, y >= 0
BV x y S1 S2 S3 Soln. Ratio
Z –2 –1 0 0 0 0
S1 4 3 1 0 0 12 12/4
S2 4 1 0 1 0 8 8/4
S3 4 –1 0 0 1 8 8/4
◼ Clearly, x enters, but which one will leave between S1 and
S2? “Ratio test” fails here. Dipankar Bose - XLRI