Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simplex algorithm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: sim-plex al-go-rithm
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a method for solving problems in linear programming that tests adjacent vertices of the feasible set in sequence so that at each new vertex the objective function improves or is unchanged.

Example Sentences

"The simplex algorithm begins at a starting vertex and moves along the edges of the polytope until it reaches the vertex of the optimum solution."

Synonyms

simplex method

Questions

What does simplex algorithm mean?: a method for solving problems in linear programming that tests adjacent vertices of the feasible set in sequence so that at each new vertex the objective function improves or is unchanged.

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