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Linear Programming for Better Diet for Prisoners

Authors
Yiting Zhu1, *, Siyun Zhang2
1Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, Shanghai, 200233, China
2Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, Shanghai, 201206, China
*Corresponding author. Email: yitingzhu_2024@stu.swfla.org
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Yiting Zhu
Available Online 26 July 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-200-2_53How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Linear programming; diet plan; prison; budget control; health
Abstract

Physical and mental illnesses of incarcerated people caused by nutritional imbalance is a prevailing issue in America. Meanwhile, prisons are facing requests from the state for budget cuts, disabling them to expand the prison meal options in number. However, there is currently a lack in the research focused on improving prison meal plans. Hence in this work, a most cost-efficient and healthiest combination of food is devised through a linear programming model. The constraints in this model include the average prices of the raw materials needed for the prison menu and the nutritional demand of an average male prisoner. Then the problem is converted to canonical form and an optical solution is generated after computerized process. The result is a combination of 1133.09 g carrot, 962.51 g broccoli, 1788.23 g onion, 1402.5 g pepperoni, and 448.53 ml milk. This work provides suggestions for meal planning in American prisons.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 3rd International Conference on Public Management and Intelligent Society (PMIS 2023)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Intelligent Systems
Publication Date
26 July 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-200-2_53
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2589-4919
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-200-2_53How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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