| color | Column partition for sparse finite differences |
| fgoalattain | Solve multiobjective goal attainment problems |
| fminbnd | Find minimum of single-variable function on fixed interval |
| fmincon | Find minimum of constrained nonlinear multivariable function |
| fminimax | Solve minimax constraint problem |
| fminsearch | Find minimum of unconstrained multivariable function using derivative-free method |
| fminunc | Find minimum of unconstrained multivariable function |
| fseminf | Find minimum of semi-infinitely constrained multivariable nonlinear function |
| fsolve | Solve system of nonlinear equations |
| fzero | Root of nonlinear function |
| fzmult | Multiplication with fundamental nullspace basis |
| gangstr | Zero out "small" entries subject to structural rank |
| intlinprog | Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) |
| linprog | Solve linear programming problems |
| lsqcurvefit | Solve nonlinear curve-fitting (data-fitting) problems in least-squares sense |
| lsqlin | Solve constrained linear least-squares problems |
| lsqnonlin | Solve nonlinear least-squares (nonlinear data-fitting) problems |
| lsqnonneg | Solve nonnegative least-squares constraint problem |
| mldivide, \ | Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x |
| mpsread | Read MPS file for LP and MILP optimization data |
| optimget | Optimization options values |
| optimoptions | Create optimization options |
| optimset | Create or edit optimization options structure |
| optimtool | Select solver and optimization options, run problems |
| quadprog | Quadratic programming |