SMALL DEGENERATE SIMPLICES CAN BE BAD FOR SIMPLEX METHODS

<p>We show that the simplex method with Dantzig's pivoting rule may require an exponential number of iterations over two highly degenerate instances. The feasible region of the first instance is a full dimensional simplex, and a single point for the second one. In addition, the entries of the constraint matrix, the right-hand-side vector, and the cost vector are {0,1,2}-valued. Those instances, with few vertices and small input data length, illustrate the impact of degeneracy on simplex methods.</p>