MAXIMISING AND MINIMISING SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES BY MEANS OF COMMODITIES THROUGH THE USE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE Available to Purchase

The cybernetic importance of the work of the economist P. Sraffa is briefly introduced and then consideration is given to the use of linear programming technique in constructing the Sraffan system of production of commodities by means of commodities. It is concluded that linear programming, via the use of computers and computer languages, could be used to show how much profits can be obtained from systems of production with the available means of production.