The interactive simplex method is a very nice pedagogical tool. But it seems to work only with 2 variables. Could it be expanded at least until 3/4 and more constraints. I plan to use it to teach and do exams in a computer room if it is possible to expand it ?
The documentation shows many examples with two variables, but in fact there is no restriction on the number of variables or constraints. Example with three variables and three constraints:
A = ([1, 1, 0], [3, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1])
b = (1000, 1500, 20)
c = (10, 5, 1)
P = InteractiveLPProblem(A, b, c, ["C", "B", "A"], variable_type=">=")
show(P)
P = P.standard_form()
P.run_simplex_method()Three variables and two constraints:
A = ([1, 1, 0], [3, 1, 0])
b = (1000, 1500)
c = (10, 5, 1)
P = InteractiveLPProblem(A, b, c, ["C", "B", "A"], variable_type=">=")
show(P)
P = P.standard_form()
P.run_simplex_method()Etc.
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