The dual tableau format
is the transpose of the tableau format. It is useful because the
number of constraints is usually much fewer than the number of
variables. This is convenient for earlier versions of Excel
where the number of columns is limiting. For later versions
of Excel this is not really a problem because the available
number of columns is very large.
Variables
Variable data is arranged in columns
for this format. The number of rows is equal to the number
of variables. The primal solution of the optimization problem
is in column F and the dual solution is in columns K and L.
The other columns hold the parameters.
Constraints
Constraint information is presented
by rows.
Coefficient Matrix
The constraint coefficient matrix
is stored under the constraints and to the right of the variables.
The matrix is the transpose of the similar matrix for the tableau
format.
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