Typical Linear Programming Problem

This example solves the typical linear programming problem

`$\underset{x}{\mathrm{min}}{f}^{T}x\phantom{\rule{0.5em}{0ex}}such\phantom{\rule{0.5em}{0ex}}that\left\{\begin{array}{c}A\cdot x\le b,\\ Aeq\cdot x=beq,\\ x\ge 0.\end{array}$`

Load the `sc50b.mat` file, which contains the matrices and vectors `A`, `Aeq`, `b`, `beq`, `f`, and the lower bounds `lb`.

`load sc50b`

The problem has 48 variables, 30 inequalities, and 20 equalities.

`disp(size(A))`
``` 30 48 ```
`disp(size(Aeq))`
``` 20 48 ```

Set options to use the `dual-simplex` algorithm and the iterative display.

`options = optimoptions(@linprog,'Algorithm','dual-simplex','Display','iter');`

The problem has no upper bound, so set `ub` to `[]`.

`ub = [];`

Solve the problem by calling `linprog`.

```[x,fval,exitflag,output] = ... linprog(f,A,b,Aeq,beq,lb,ub,options);```
```LP preprocessing removed 2 inequalities, 16 equalities, 16 variables, and 26 non-zero elements. Iter Time Fval Primal Infeas Dual Infeas 0 0.023 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 1.305013e+00 8 0.043 -1.587073e+02 3.760622e+02 0.000000e+00 33 0.045 -7.000000e+01 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 Optimal solution found. ```

Examine the exit flag, objective function value at the solution, and number of iterations used by `linprog` to solve the problem.

`exitflag,fval,output.iterations`
```exitflag = 1 ```
```fval = -70 ```
```ans = 33 ```

You can also find the objective function value and number of iterations in the iterative display.