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Chapter 4 Duality and Post Optimal Analysis. Dr. Ayham Jaaron. Introduction. One of the most important discoveries in the early development of linear programming was the concept of duality and its many important ramifications.
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Chapter 4Duality and Post Optimal Analysis Dr. AyhamJaaron
Introduction • One of the most important discoveries in the early development of linear programming was the concept of duality and its many important ramifications. • This discovery revealed that every linear programming problem has associated with it another linear programming problem called the dual. The relationships between the dual problem and the original problem (called the primal) prove to be extremely useful in a variety of ways. • We shall describe many valuable applications of duality theory in this chapter.
Definition of the Dual problem • The dual problem is an LP defined directly and systematically from the primal (original) LP model. • The two problems are so closely related that the primal solution of one problem automatically provides the optimal solution to the other. • The primal problem represents a resource allocation case where the dual problem represents a resource valuation problem. • Duality help simplification of the simplex problem.
Example (1) • Write the dual for the following primal problem: • Maximize Z= 5x1 + 12x2 + 4x3 Subject to: x1+2x2+x3 ≤ 10 2x1- x2 + 3x3 = 8 x1,x2,x3 ≥ 0
Example (2) • Write the dual for the following primal problem Minimize Z= 15x1+ 12x2 Subject to x1 + 2x2 ≥ 3 2x1 - 4x2 ≤ 5 x1,x2 ≥ 0
Example (3) • Maximize Z = 5x1 + 6x2 • Subject to: x1 + 2x2 = 5 -x1 + 5x2 ≥ 3 4x1 + 7x2 ≤ 8 x1 unrestricted, x2 ≥ 0
Optimal Dual Solution • This section provides two methods for solving the optimal of the dual problems. • However, dual of the dual is itself the primal, which means that the dual solution can also be used to yield the optimal primal solution automatically.
Problem • For the following primal problem, find the optimal dual solution: • Maximize Z= 5x1 + 12x2 + 4x3 Subject to: x1+2x2+x3 ≤ 10 2x1- x2 + 3x3 = 8 x1,x2,x3 ≥ 0
Problem 3- page 162 Write the dual and determine its optimal solution in two ways
Problem 5- page 163 (slack proposition) Write the associated dual problem and find its optimal solution using any one method you find suitable?
Examples The following table represents the optimal primal solution for the above LP model. Using the optimal inverse provided in the table, verify that the given table represents a correct solution for the original LP model?
