optimization
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Etymology
Noun
optimization (countable and uncountable, plural optimizations)
- The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- (programming) The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.
Derived terms
- combinatorial optimization
- constrained optimization
- continuous optimization
- convex optimization
- discrete optimization
- global optimization
- micro-optimization
- optimization problem
- peephole optimization
- premature optimization
- search engine optimization
- stochastic optimization
- tail-call optimization
- unconstrained optimization
Translations
the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense
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Further reading
mathematical optimization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
