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# linprog(method=’Simplex’)

`scipy.optimize.``linprog`(c, A_ub=None, b_ub=None, A_eq=None, b_eq=None, bounds=None, method='simplex', callback=None, options={'disp': False, 'bland': False, 'tol': 1e-12, 'maxiter': 1000})

  Solve the following linear programming problem via a two-phase simplex algorithm.

  maximize: c^T * x

  subject to: A_ub * x <= b_ub
    A_eq * x == b_eq

  Parameters: | c : array_like Coefficients of the linear objective function to be maximized. A_ub : array_like 2-D array which, when matrix-multiplied by x, gives the values of the upper-bound inequality constraints at x. b_ub : array_like 1-D array of values representing the upper-bound of each inequality constraint (row) in A_ub. A_eq : array_like 2-D array which, when matrix-multiplied by x, gives the values of the equality constraints at x. b_eq : array_like 1-D array of values representing the RHS of each equality constraint (row) in A_eq. bounds : array_like The bounds for each independent variable in the solution, which can take one of three forms:: None : The default bounds, all variables are non-negative. (lb, ub) : If a 2-element sequence is provided, the same lower bound (lb) and upper bound (ub) will be applied to all variables. [(lb_0, ub_0), (lb_1, ub_1), ...] : If an n x 2 sequence is provided, each variable x_i will be bounded by lb[i] and ub[i]. Infinite bounds are specified using -np.inf (negative) or np.inf (positive). callback : callable If a callback function is provide, it will be called within each iteration of the simplex algorithm. The callback must have the signature callback(xk, **kwargs) where xk is the current solution vector and kwargs is a dictionary containing the following:: “tableau” : The current Simplex algorithm tableau “nit” : The current iteration. “pivot” : The pivot (row, column) used for the next iteration. “phase” : Whether the algorithm is in Phase 1 or Phase 2. “bv” : A structured array containing a string representation of each basic variable and its current value.
  Returns: | A scipy.optimize.OptimizeResult consisting of the following fields:
      x : ndarray
          The independent variable vector which optimizes the linear
          programming problem.
      slack : ndarray
          The values of the slack variables.  Each slack variable corresponds
          to an inequality constraint.  If the slack is zero, then the
          corresponding constraint is active.
      success : bool
          Returns True if the algorithm succeeded in finding an optimal
          solution.
      status : int
          An integer representing the exit status of the optimization::
           0 : Optimization terminated successfully
           1 : Iteration limit reached
           2 : Problem appears to be infeasible
           3 : Problem appears to be unbounded
      nit : int
          The number of iterations performed.
      message : str
          A string descriptor of the exit status of the optimization.

  See also

  For documentation for the rest of the parameters, see `scipy.optimize.linprog`

  Options: | maxiter : int The maximum number of iterations to perform. disp : bool If True, print exit status message to sys.stdout tol : float The tolerance which determines when a solution is “close enough” to zero in Phase 1 to be considered a basic feasible solution or close enough to positive to to serve as an optimal solution. bland : bool If True, use Bland’s anti-cycling rule [3] to choose pivots to prevent cycling. If False, choose pivots which should lead to a converged solution more quickly. The latter method is subject to cycling (non-convergence) in rare instances.

  References

  [R500] | Dantzig, George B., Linear programming and extensions. Rand Corporation Research Study Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 1963

  [R501] | Hillier, S.H. and Lieberman, G.J. (1995), “Introduction to Mathematical Programming”, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 4.

  [R502] | Bland, Robert G. New finite pivoting rules for the simplex method. Mathematics of Operations Research (2), 1977: pp. 103-107.

  Examples

  Consider the following problem:

  Minimize: f = -1*x[0] + 4*x[1]

  Subject to: -3*x[0] + 1*x[1] <= 6
    1*x[0] + 2*x[1] <= 4
      x[1] >= -3

  where: -inf <= x[0] <= inf

  This problem deviates from the standard linear programming problem. In standard form, linear programming problems assume the variables x are non-negative. Since the variables don’t have standard bounds where 0 <= x <= inf, the bounds of the variables must be explicitly set.

  There are two upper-bound constraints, which can be expressed as

  dot(A_ub, x) <= b_ub

  The input for this problem is as follows:

      >>> from scipy.optimize import linprog
      >>> c = [-1, 4]
      >>> A = [[-3, 1], [1, 2]]
      >>> b = [6, 4]
      >>> x0_bnds = (None, None)
      >>> x1_bnds = (-3, None)
      >>> res = linprog(c, A, b, bounds=(x0_bnds, x1_bnds))
      >>> print(res)
      Optimization terminated successfully.
           Current function value: -22.000000
           Iterations: 1
      status: 0
      x: array([ 10.,  -3.])
      slack: array([ 39.,   0.])
      nit: 1
      message: 'Optimization terminated successfully.'
      fun: -22.0
      success: True