Use the simplex method to solve Minimize Z3x1 x2 x3 x4 Subj
Solution
Tableau #1
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 -2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
 -2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6
 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tableau #2
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p     
 -2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
 -2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6
 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tableau #3
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 -2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
 -2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6
 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tableau #4
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 -2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
 -2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6
 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tableau #5
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 -2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 -2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6
 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tableau #6
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p     
 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 4 0 -0.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 4
 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 -1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.5 0 0 2
 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 -1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 0 0 2
 4 0 -0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 -1 0 4
 -4 0 -0.5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 0 1 2
Tableau #7
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
 0 0 -0.125 0.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125 -0.25 0 1
 0 0 0.375 0.25 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.375 -0.25 0 3
 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 0 1 0.375 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.375 -0.25 0 3
 1 0 -0.125 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.125 -0.25 0 1
 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1 6
Tableau #8
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   
 0 0 0 0.333333 0 0 1 0.333333 0 0 0 -0.333333 0 2   
 0 0 1 0.666667 0 0 0 2.66667 0 0 -1 -0.666667 0 8   
 0 0 0 0.666667 0 0 0 2.66667 1 0 -1 -0.666667 0 8   
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0   
 1 0 0 0.333333 0 0 0 0.333333 0 0 0 -0.333333 0 2   
 0 0 0 0.666667 0 0 0 2.66667 0 0 -1 -1.66667 1 14
Tableau #9
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
 0 0 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 1 0.333333 0 0 0 0 0 2
 0 0 1 0.666667 0 0.666667 0 2.66667 0 0 -1 0 0 8
 0 0 0 0.666667 0 0.666667 0 2.66667 1 0 -1 0 0 8
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1 0 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 0 0 0 0 0 2
 0 0 0 0.666667 0 1.66667 0 2.66667 0 0 -1 0 1 14   
Tableau #10
 x1 x2 x3 x4 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 p   
 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
 0 0 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 1 0.333333 0 0 0 0 0 2
 0 0 1 0.666667 1 0.666667 0 2.66667 0 0 0 0 0 8
 0 0 0 0.666667 1 0.666667 0 2.66667 1 0 0 0 0 8
 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1 0 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 0 0.333333 0 0 0 0 0 2
 0 0 0 0.666667 1 1.66667 0 2.66667 0 0 0 0 1 14   
so the solution is
Solution: z = 14; x1 = 2, x2 = 0, x3 = 8, x4 = 0



