Linear programming on an electronic analogue computer

A GREAT deal of attention has been given in recent years to the computational aspects of linear programming. The reason for this development lies in the applications of the problem to such fields as operations research, game theory, logistics, military tactics, and others. The object of this paper is to present a method for performing linear programming on an analogue computer containing only standard components. The size of the problem that can be solved is limited by the number of computing amplifiers available and by the number of inputs to each amplifier. The method is unusually flexible because the computer constantly seeks new solutions as the parameters of the problem are varied.