Techniques for Automatic Tolerance Control in Linear Programming In this technical note, the numerical steps for the simplex method of linear programming are reviewed and the tolerances needed in the numerical procedure are defined. Objective criteria are given for accomplishing the numerical steps of the method and the calculation of necessary tolerances. CACM November, 1966 Clasen, R. J. CA661105 JB March 2, 1978 3:37 PM 1353 5 1353 1353 5 1353 1353 5 1353 2589 5 1353 1353 6 1353