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This page names the family of related algorithms that a specific algorithm belongs to. Wikipedia notes that an algorithm produces "a solution to a given computational problem," and many algorithms solving the same problem form a recognized family or group. Browsing this way moves between an algorithm and its close relatives.

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1. Wikipedia: Mathematical optimization
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The term "linear programming" for certain optimization cases was due to George B. Dantzig, although much of the theory had been introduced by Leonid Kantorovich in 1939.
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