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Programming, Linear MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Programming, Linear
Tree Number(s)
L01.906.394.748
Unique ID
D011382
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011382
Annotation
IM
Scope Note
A technique of operations research for solving certain kinds of problems involving many variables where a best value or set of best values is to be found. It is most likely to be feasible when the quantity to be optimized, sometimes called the objective function, can be stated as a mathematical expression in terms of the various activities within the system, and when this expression is simply proportional to the measure of the activities, i.e., is linear, and when all the restrictions are also linear. It is different from computer programming, although problems using linear programming techniques may be programmed on a computer.
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1969-90; was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH & PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION 1966-68
Online Note
search OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1969-74 & OPERATIONS RESEARCH & PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION 1966-68
History Note
91(75); was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1969-90; was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH & PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION 1966-68
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2017/07/03
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