Determinación de la capacidad mínima de producción diaria de cuatro productos en la refinería petroecuador mediante programación lineal.

Abstract

Linear programming is a mathematical algorithm that is used to maximize profits or minimize costs, from this technique the graphical method and the simplex method are developed, both methods consist of determining restrictions, variables and an objective function to reach decision-making and obtain the optimal solution of the problem, the first method is developed in a Cartesian plane and can only be done if the mathematical model has two variables since their values are replaced in the (x; y) axes, the second method is developed by adding slacks to the restrictions that allow to convert inequalities into equalities, the process is carried out in a matrix determining the pivot number and ending the process when the objective function gives positive results, both methods are developed in this work with the objective of evaluating which of the two is the most appropriate to determine the minimum production capacity, in barrels per day, of diesel oil, gasoline, lubricant and jet fuel at the Petroecuador refinery to meet the demand required by the market.