Linear programming — (LP, or linear optimization) is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a given mathematical model for some list of requirements represented as linear relationships.… … Wikipedia
Dynamic programming — For the programming paradigm, see Dynamic programming language. In mathematics and computer science, dynamic programming is a method for solving complex problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems. It is applicable to problems… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear programming — In mathematics, nonlinear programming (NLP) is the process of solving a system of equalities and inequalities, collectively termed constraints, over a set of unknown real variables, along with an objective function to be maximized or minimized,… … Wikipedia
Magic number (programming) — For other uses of the term, see Magic number (disambiguation). In computer programming, the term magic number has multiple meanings. It could refer to one or more of the following: A constant numerical or text value used to identify a file format … Wikipedia
Naming convention (programming) — In computer programming, a naming convention is a set of rules for choosing the character sequence to be used for identifiers which denote variables, types and functions etc. in source code and documentation. Reasons for using a naming convention … Wikipedia
Naming conventions (programming) — In computer programming, a naming convention is a set of rules for choosing the character sequence to be used for identifiers in source code and documentation. Reasons for using a naming convention (as opposed to allowing programmers to choose… … Wikipedia
Dendral — was an influential pioneer project in artificial intelligence (AI) of the 1960s, and the computer software expert system that it produced. Its primary aim was to study hypothesis formation and discovery in science. For that, a specific task in… … Wikipedia
Travelling salesman problem — The travelling salesman problem (TSP) is an NP hard problem in combinatorial optimization studied in operations research and theoretical computer science. Given a list of cities and their pairwise distances, the task is to find a shortest… … Wikipedia
Mathematical optimization — For other uses, see Optimization (disambiguation). The maximum of a paraboloid (red dot) In mathematics, computational science, or management science, mathematical optimization (alternatively, optimization or mathematical programming) refers to… … Wikipedia
Hyper-heuristic — A hyper heuristic is a heuristic search method that seeks to automate, often by the incorporation of machine learning techniques, the process of selecting, combining, generating or adapting several simpler heuristics (or components of such… … Wikipedia
Metaheuristic — In computer science, metaheuristic designates a computational method that optimizes a problem by iteratively trying to improve a candidate solution with regard to a given measure of quality. Metaheuristics make few or no assumptions about the… … Wikipedia