NPTEL : Linear programming and Extensions (Mathematics)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Prabha Sharma


Lecture 1 - Introduction to Linear Programming Problems

Lecture 2 - Vector space, Linear independence and dependence, basis

Lecture 3 - Moving from one basic feasible solution to another, optimality criteria

Lecture 4 - Basic feasible solutions, existence & derivation

Lecture 5 - Convex sets, dimension of a polyhedron, Faces, Example of a polytope

Lecture 6 - Direction of a polyhedron, correspondence between bfs and extreme points

Lecture 7 - Representation theorem, LPP solution is a bfs, Assignment 1

Lecture 8 - Development of the Simplex Algorithm, Unboundedness, Simplex Tableau

Lecture 9 - Simplex Tableau & algorithm ,Cycling, Bland’s anti-cycling rules, Phase I & Phase II

Lecture 10 - Big-M method,Graphical solutions, adjacent extreme pts and adjacent bfs

Lecture 11 - Assignment 2, progress of Simplex algorithm on a polytope, bounded variable LPP

Lecture 12 - LPP Bounded variable, Revised Simplex algorithm, Duality theory, weak duality theorem

Lecture 13 - Weak duality theorem, economic interpretation of dual variables, Fundamental theorem of duality

Lecture 14 - Examples of writing the dual, complementary slackness theorem

Lecture 15 - Complementary slackness conditions, Dual Simplex algorithm, Assignment 3

Lecture 16 - Primal-dual algorithm

Lecture 17 - Problem in lecture 16, starting dual feasible solution, Shortest Path Problem

Lecture 18 - Shortest Path Problem, Primal-dual method, example

Lecture 19 - Shortest Path Problem-complexity, interpretation of dual variables, post-optimality analysis-changes in the cost vector

Lecture 20 - Assignment 4, postoptimality analysis, changes in b, adding a new constraint, changes in {aij} , Parametric analysis

Lecture 21 - Parametric LPP-Right hand side vector

Lecture 22 - Parametric cost vector LPP

Lecture 23 - Parametric cost vector LPP, Introduction to Min-cost flow problem

Lecture 24 - Mini-cost flow problem-Transportation problem

Lecture 25 - Transportation problem degeneracy, cycling

Lecture 26 - Sensitivity analysis

Lecture 27 - Sensitivity analysis

Lecture 28 - Bounded variable transportation problem, min-cost flow problem

Lecture 29 - Min-cost flow problem

Lecture 30 - Starting feasible solution, Lexicographic method for preventing cycling ,strongly feasible solution

Lecture 31 - Assignment 6, Shortest path problem, Shortest Path between any two nodes,Detection of negative cycles

Lecture 32 - Min-cost-flow Sensitivity analysis Shortest path problem sensitivity analysis

Lecture 33 - Min-cost flow changes in arc capacities , Max-flow problem, assignment 7

Lecture 34 - Problem 3 (assignment 7), Min-cut Max-flow theorem, Labelling algorithm

Lecture 35 - Max-flow - Critical capacity of an arc, starting solution for min-cost flow problem

Lecture 36 - Improved Max-flow algorithm

Lecture 37 - Critical Path Method (CPM)

Lecture 38 - Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

Lecture 39 - Simplex Algorithm is not polynomial time- An example

Lecture 40 - Interior Point Methods