From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hao!seismo!harpo!floyd!jce
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: Linear Programming Etymology?
Article-I.D.: floyd.1502
Posted: Tue May 10 09:05:41 1983
Received: Fri May 13 23:43:39 1983

Does anyone know why Linear Programming is called Linear *Programming*,
rather than something more descriptive like Linear *Optimization*?
No guesses, please, I'm looking for an answer backed up with references.

Please reply by mail, I'll stick the answer on the net.

Thanks.

John Eldridge	floyd!jce