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  2. Special cases of Apollonius' problem - Wikipedia

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    The two circles in the Two points, one line problem where the line through P and Q is not parallel to the given line l, can be constructed with compass and straightedge by: Draw the line m through the given points P and Q. The point G is where the lines l and m intersect; Draw circle C that has PQ as diameter. Draw one of the tangents from G to ...

  3. Linear programming - Wikipedia

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    However, some problems have distinct optimal solutions; for example, the problem of finding a feasible solution to a system of linear inequalities is a linear programming problem in which the objective function is the zero function (i.e., the constant function taking the value zero everywhere).

  4. Flow-shop scheduling - Wikipedia

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    Flow Shop Ordonnancement. Flow-shop scheduling is an optimization problem in computer science and operations research.It is a variant of optimal job scheduling.In a general job-scheduling problem, we are given n jobs J 1, J 2, ..., J n of varying processing times, which need to be scheduled on m machines with varying processing power, while trying to minimize the makespan – the total length ...

  5. Simplex algorithm - Wikipedia

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    In mathematical optimization, Dantzig's simplex algorithm (or simplex method) is a popular algorithm for linear programming. [1]The name of the algorithm is derived from the concept of a simplex and was suggested by T. S. Motzkin. [2]

  6. Assignment problem - Wikipedia

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    Another naive solution is to greedily assign the pair with the smallest cost first, and remove the vertices; then, among the remaining vertices, assign the pair with the smallest cost; and so on. This algorithm may yield a non-optimal solution. For example, suppose there are two tasks and two agents with costs as follows:

  7. Three utilities problem - Wikipedia

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    When posing it in the early 20th century, Henry Dudeney wrote that it was already an old problem. It is an impossible puzzle: it is not possible to connect all nine lines without crossing. Versions of the problem on nonplanar surfaces such as a torus or Möbius strip, or that allow connections to pass through other houses or utilities, can be ...

  8. Problem of Apollonius - Wikipedia

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    Although solutions to Apollonius' problem generally occur in pairs related by inversion, an odd number of solutions is possible in some cases, e.g., the single solution for PPP, or when one or three of the given circles are themselves solutions. (An example of the latter is given in the section on Descartes' theorem.) However, there are no ...

  9. Penalty method - Wikipedia

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    A penalty method replaces a constrained optimization problem by a series of unconstrained problems whose solutions ideally converge to the solution of the original constrained problem. The unconstrained problems are formed by adding a term, called a penalty function , to the objective function that consists of a penalty parameter multiplied by ...