Restaurants use linear programming for menu planning. It uses basic algebra to optimize meal production and thereby increase restaurant profits.

Three examples of the applications of linear programming are given, drawn from the manufacture of plywood, the distribution of grain, and industrial fermentation. In each of these widely different ...

Keith Butterworth, Practical Application of Linear/Integer Programming in Agriculture, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Feb., 1985), pp. 99-107 ...