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What is Surplus

Chapter 127
Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
A variable subtracted from the left-hand side of a greater-than-or-equal to constraint to convert the constraints into equality. It is the amount by which the constraint is exceeded by a given solution.
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Linear Programming
Xiaofeng Zhao (University of Mary Washington, USA)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch127
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