| 单词 | linear programming |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslinear programming linear programming n. a mathematical technique for maximizing or minimizing a linear function (such as output or cost) of several variables (such as resources) when these are required to satisfy a set of linear equations and inequalities; (see also A. 3b above). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [noun] > expression > method of calculation or analysis extrapolation1872 functional analysis1876 inversion1880 Fourier analysis1929 formalism1940 linear programming1949 quadratic programming1951 simplex method1951 convex programming1963 deconvolution1967 1949 G. B. Dantzig in Econometrica XVII. 203 It is our purpose now to discuss the kinds of restrictions that fit naturally into linear programming. 1953 W. W. Cooper & A. Henderson in W. W. Cooper et al. Introd. Linear Programming i. 1 Linear programming is concerned with the problem of planning a complex of interdependent activities in the best possible (optimal) fashion. 1966 A. Battersby Math. in Managem. iv. 85 Transporting coal to power stations or gasworks, allocating cash to local branches, formulating foods and drawing up a maintenance schedule: these are all areas in which linear programming is at work today. 1967 E. Duckworth in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. vi. 110 When the optimum order quantities have been decided, problems may occur in scheduling these through factories in the optimum manner... Quite complex methods of the linear programming or queueing theory type may be needed. 1971 Sci. Amer. Feb. 84/2 Among the intended tasks for illiac iv is linear programming, a mathematical technique for allocating the use of limited resources to maximize or minimize a specified objective. 1971 Sci. Amer. Feb. 85/2 In order to apply linear programming to an entire economic sector one must incur considerable expense in gathering the data to be used in the model. < as lemmas |
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