Unit 3: Duality

Oct 1: Lecture 5

Contents:

  • Derivation:
    • Bounding approach
    • Multipliers approach
  • Duality Recipe
  • Theory:
    • Weak duality theorem
    • Strong duality theorem

Resources:

  • Slides: [PDF]
  • LN pp 36-52: [PDF]
  • Reading about duality derivation: [F sec 5.1-5.5]
  • Reading about the bounding approach and multipliers: [MG sc 6.1-6.3]; [HL sc 6.1-6.4]

Oct 3: Lecture 6

Contents:

  • Complementary slackness theorems (Slides from lec 5)
  • Derivation:
    • Lagrangian Relaxation approach
  • Applications:
    • Dual Simplex

Resources:

  • Slides: [PDF]
  • LN pp 52-56: [PDF]
  • Reading about dual simplex: [F sec 5.6-5.8]; [Va sc 7.1]; [CL ch 2]

Oct 10: Exercise 3

  • Sheet 3: [PDF]; Solutions: [PDF]