11. The solvers handle everything from linear programming and integer programming to global optimization. 12. However, Khachiyan's algorithm inspired new lines of research in linear programming . 13. One approach is to use special formulations of linear programming problems. 14. Opportunity Values ( OVs ) are a by-product of Linear programming . 15. The standard approach to solve such under-determined systems is to apply linear programming . 16. Linear programming is a special case of mathematical programming ( mathematical optimization ).17. In 1984, Karmarkar's algorithm for linear programming was developed by mathematician Narendra Karmarkar. 18. Many approximation algorithms emerge from the linear programming relaxation of the integer program. 19. Defining polyhedra in this way provides a geometric perspective for problems in linear programming . 20. It works by iteratively approximating the actual constrained optimization problem with linear programming problems.