Quadratic Programming for Nonlinear Regression A quadratic programming algorithm is described for use with the magnified diagonal method of nonlinear regression with linear constraints. The regression method is published in JACM, July 1970. CACM January, 1972 Shrager, R. I. nonlinear equations, nonlinear regression, nonlinear programming, quadratic programming, least squares, inequality, constraints, iteration 5.15 5.41 CA720108 JB February 1, 1978 9:09 AM 2395 5 2395 2395 5 2395 2395 5 2395