Optimization

Optimization is a general term for maximising or minimising a particular statistic. In computer programming, the statistic that is usually of interest is the execution time or memory requirements of a computer program. See [program optimization]?. In mathematics, it is usually the value of a particular function. See [mathematical optimization]?.

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This stuff needs to be split out into the two separate articles.

• game theory
• compilers for programming languages
• [operations research]?
• [fuzzy logic]? [genetic algorithm]?
• [linear programming]? mathematical programming
• [variational inequality]?
• [mixed complementarity]?

I reckon programming optimization and mathematical optimization are such different topics they deserve different entries. What do others think? --Robert Merkel