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	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุดแบบนูน (Convex Optimization)	การโปรแกรมเชิงเส้น	การโปรแกรมเชิงเส้นไม่ตรง
สาขาวิชา	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	2004	1947	2006
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Stephen Boyd & Lieven Vandenberghe	George B. Dantzig	Jorge Nocedal & Stephen Wright
ประเภท	Mathematical optimization framework	Mathematical programming / continuous optimization	Continuous mathematical optimization
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Boyd, S., & Vandenberghe, L. (2004). Convex Optimization. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-83378-3	Dantzig, G.B. (1963). Linear Programming and Extensions. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691059136	Nocedal, J., & Wright, S. J. (2006). Numerical Optimization (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-30303-1
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	Convex Programming, Disciplined Convex Programming, Dışbükey Optimizasyon, Convex Mathematical Programming	LP, linear optimization, Doğrusal Programlama (LP)	NLP optimization, Constrained nonlinear optimization, Smooth optimization, Doğrusal olmayan programlama
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	4	3
สรุป	Convex optimization is a subfield of mathematical optimization that studies the problem of minimizing convex functions over convex sets. Formalized and popularized by Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe in their landmark 2004 textbook, the framework unifies a wide family of problems — including linear programming, quadratic programming, semidefinite programming, and second-order cone programming — under a single theoretical roof. Its defining property is that any locally optimal solution is also globally optimal, making it tractable and reliable for engineering, statistics, machine learning, and operations research.	Linear programming (LP), pioneered by George B. Dantzig in 1947, is a mathematical method for finding the best value of a linear objective function — such as minimum cost or maximum profit — subject to a set of linear inequality and equality constraints. It is the foundational technique in operations research and underlies production planning, resource allocation, logistics, diet problems, and countless other decision-making scenarios across engineering, economics, and the natural sciences.	Nonlinear programming (NLP) is a branch of mathematical optimization concerned with problems in which the objective function or at least one constraint is nonlinear. Formalized comprehensively by Jorge Nocedal and Stephen Wright in their seminal 2006 text, NLP encompasses gradient-based algorithms — including sequential quadratic programming (SQP), interior-point methods, and quasi-Newton approaches — for finding locally or globally optimal solutions to continuous decision problems arising across engineering, economics, and the physical sciences.