linprog - Linear programming.
quadprog - Quadratic programming.
fzero - Scalar nonlinear zero finding.
fsolve - Nonlinear system of equations solve (function solve).
lsqlin - Linear least squares with linear constraints.
lsqnonneg - Linear least squares with nonnegativity constraints.
fminbnd - Scalar bounded nonlinear function minimization.
fmincon - Multidimensional constrained nonlinear minimization.
fminsearch - Multidimensional unconstrained nonlinear minimization, by Nelder-Mead direct search method.
fminunc - Multidimensional unconstrained nonlinear minimization.
fseminf - Multidimensional constrained minimization, semi-infinite constraints.
lsqcurvefit - Nonlinear curvefitting via least squares (with bounds).
lsqnonlin - Nonlinear least squares with upper and lower bounds.
fgoalattain - Multidimensional goal attainment optimization
fminimax - Multidimensional minimax optimization.