APPLIED OPERATIONS RESEARCH / PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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TOOLS

• Anima-LP: A Tool for Teaching Linear Programming - Abstract: Anima-LP is a Macintosh (and now Java) application useful for teaching non-technical students (MBA's, for example) linear programming. Most courses in linear programming include a component where students work with graphical representations of small (2 variable) problems. Anima-LP allows one to enter constraints using a spread-sheet-like interface and see the corresponding graphical representation. Coefficients, right-hand side values can all be changed using the spreadsheet like interface.