# big M method

> method of solving linear programming problems, extending the simplex algorithm to problems with greater-than constraints by associating the constraints with large negative constants

**Wikidata**: [Q4905984](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4905984)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_M_method)  
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## References

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