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linear programming

Math. a procedure for minimizing or maximizing a linear function of several variables, subject to a finite number of linear restrictions on these variables

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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