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Re:GNU Linear Programming Kit by AareyBaba on Monday July 01, 2019 @12:29AM (#20322459)
I never understood why it is called linear 'programming'. Why programming instead of optimization ?
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Re:GNU Linear Programming Kit by Arnavion on Monday July 01, 2019 @12:38AM (#20322495)
Googling "linear programming etymology" returns https://mathoverflow.net/questions/145077/why-are-optimizati...
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Re:GNU Linear Programming Kit by joey_bob on Monday July 01, 2019 @01:03AM (#20322590)
Programming in a general computer science context has been attributed to a shortening of dynamic programming, which as a computer science methodology is derived from the idea behind the optimization method of the same name, which is an advancement in the field of mathematical programming, starting from linear programming, which is described in that link.
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