Labor unions, 323
Lead time variable, 471
Limited calling population, 430
Limited queue length, 430
Linear constraints, 373
Linear objective function, 374
Linear programming (LP), 237–239, 248–250, 319–320
beginning of, 239
data envelopment analysis (DEA), 309
defining decision variables, 240
deterministic assumptions, 264
fractional values, 238
Hewlett Packard sales, 246
limitations, 357
and linear equations, 238
no feasible solution, 261
nonlinear programming, 357
product mix problem, 239
properties of, 239
proportionality and additivity, 238
resources used to make products or services, 237
solution points satisfying constraints simultaneously, 244
and Swift & Company, 269
Linear programming (LP) isoprofit line method, 250
Linear trends, 163
Little, John D. C., 445
Little’s Flow Equations, 445
Liver transplants in United States, 24
Local optimum, 373
Lockheed Martin Inc., 388
Logistics Management Institute (LMI), 199
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 463