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* [[Function minimization]]
* [[Function minimization]]
* [[Linear programming]]
* [[Linear programming]]
== External links ==
*[http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/ Mathematical Programming Glossary]
*[http://www.ipp.mpg.de/de/for/bereiche/stellarator/Comp_sci/CompScience/csep/csep1.phy.ornl.gov/mo/mo.html Mathematical optimization]
*[http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/otc/Guide/index.html NEOS Guide] currently being replaced by the [http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/neos NEOS Wiki] - an extensive guide to optimization software
*[http://plato.asu.edu/guide.html Decision Tree for Optimization Software] Links to optimization source codes
*[http://www.mathprog.org/ Mathematical Programming Society]
*[http://www.coin-or.org/ COIN-OR] - Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research
*[http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/%7Eneum/glopt.html Global optimization]
*[http://www2.arnes.si/%7Eljc3m2/igor/links.html Optimization Related Links]
*[http://www.optimization-online.org Optimization Online] A repository for optimization e-prints

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In mathematics, the term optimization refers to study of problems in which one seeks for a minimum or a maximum of a real function within a given allowed set. This problem can be presented in the following way:

Given: a function f : A R from some set A to the real numbers
Find: an element x0 in A such that f(x0) ≤ f(x) for all x in A (minimization") or such that f(x0) ≥ f(x) for all x in A (maximization).


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