C-programming: A nonlinear parametric optimization method (Q1119478)

C-programming is the technique for the solution of such nonlinear optimization problems which are not solvable by standard optimization methods and which have objective functions of a composed form, e.g. an external pseudolinear function and a convex one, or a convex additive and a separable one. A certain nonlinear parametric optimization problem (which has a linear objective function with regard to the parameters) is defined to the nonlinear optimization problem so that a solution of the former will be tantamount to a solution of the latter. C-programming is thus the nonlinear parametric optimization method. The paper is closely connected to former papers of the author and it provides an overview of the methodological, theoretical and computational aspects of C- programming.