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I never understood why it is called linear 'programming'. Why programming instead of optimization ?

• Arnavion 7y ago
  Googling "linear programming etymology" returns https://mathoverflow.net/questions/145077/why-are-optimization-problems-often-called-programs https://mathoverflow.net/questions/145077/why-are-optimizati...
  • joey_bob 7y ago
    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.