Inputting and solving a Linear Programming problem

In this chapter we take the example formulated in Chapter 2 and show how to transform it into a Mosel model which is solved as an LP using Xpress Workbench. More precisely, this involves the following steps:

• starting up Xpress Workbench,
• creating and saving the Mosel file,
• using the Mosel language to enter the model,
• correcting errors and debugging the model,
• solving the model and understanding the displays in Workbench,
• viewing and verifying the solution and understanding the solution in terms of the real world problem instance.

Chapter 10 shows how to formulate and solve the same example with BCL and in Chapter 15 the problem is input and solved directly with Xpress Optimizer.