Martin --

If you're looking for a more general mathematical overview -- to understand some of the theory behind the approach, books on finite mathematics appear to be a good place to start.

Here are a couple books lead authored by John Kemeny -- who developed the Basic programming language many years ago.

Introduction to Finite Mathematics by Kemeny, Snell and Thompson, Prentice Hall Publishing.

Finite Mathematical Structures by Kemeny, Mirkil, Snell and Thompson, Prentice Hall Publishing.

These are approachable, undergraduate level math books which have sections devoted both to linear programming and the Simplex method. It appears that you could solve your problem with simultaneous linear equations using Simplex.


>I'm building an application for optimizing the feeding strategy for cattle. The system will determine which feeds to use based on nutritional parameters and some other constraints like maximum number of feeds.
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>I hope this is what you mean by 'types of operations'.
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>Martin
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>>Martin --
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>> I'll have to check at home tonite. Can you give me a sense of the types of operations you'll want to use?
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>> Jay
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