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Karmarkar's projective algorithm: A null space variant for multi-commodity generalized networks

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This paper discusses some computational problems of the projective algorithm of Karmarkar. A new special method of implementing this null-space algorithm for large scale generalized multicommodity networks is herein developed.

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Ali, I., Charnes, A. & Tiantai, S. Karmarkar's projective algorithm: A null space variant for multi-commodity generalized networks. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica 2, 168–190 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01539488

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