[3abiton]

To be fair, I don't see why LP is still being used for many applications nowadays and not replaced, as it tends to be a brute force techniques.

[davidgrenier]

LP or ILP? There is a significant difference since for non-discrete problem Linear Programming is shockingly efficient and in no way can be considered a brute force technique.

edit: What would be a technique you consider non-brute force in discrete problems?

[ricogallo]

Would you care to elaborate?