เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การโปรแกรมเชิงเส้น	การโปรแกรมเชิงเส้นไม่ตรง
สาขาวิชา	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1947	2006
ผู้ริเริ่ม	George B. Dantzig	Jorge Nocedal & Stephen Wright
ประเภท	Mathematical programming / continuous optimization	Continuous mathematical optimization
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	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	LP, linear optimization, Doğrusal Programlama (LP)	NLP optimization, Constrained nonlinear optimization, Smooth optimization, Doğrusal olmayan programlama
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	4	3
สรุป	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.