Edit the two text fields to specify the number of rows and columns you want and then click on the Go Pivoting button.
A new window will pop up with an empty dictionary having the correct dimensions. You can enter data elements into each text field to define a specfic problem. Alternatively, you can click on Generate Random Problem to quickly get a random problem to play with.
To make a pivot, simply click on the variable-button that you want to pivot around. If you click on a button associated with a zero pivot element, the applet will complain.
Primal infeasible right-hand side coefficients are highlighted in fuscia (after the first pivot) as are dual infeasible cost coefficients. When all the fuscia cells are gone, you have an optimal dictionary.
Click here for a fancier version of the pivot tool which includes artificial primal and dual objectives that enable one to do two phase methods directly with the tool.
Bugs. This applet works fine when accessed via Netscape3 on most UNIX workstations and it works fine with either Netscape4 or InternetExplorer4 on WindowsNT. Most other browser/platform combinations do not work correctly. The problem seems to be due to bugs in the browser's JAVA interpreter as implemented on the given platform. If you have trouble getting the applet to behave as described above, try finding a different browser/platform combination.