Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simplex method

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: sim-plex method
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

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 algorithm

Questions

What does simplex method 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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