In numerical optimization (a mathematics branch), a standard optimization problem is formulated as:
$$\min\quad f(x)$$
$$\text{subject to, }\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad$$
$$c(x) = 0\text{ or }c(x) ≥ 0$$
But when these functions are all linear/quadratic, the optimization terminology is changed to linear/quadratic programming.
So I have the following questions:
- What is the difference between
optimizationandprogramming? - Why has this terminology changed?