Optimization (disambiguation)

Optimization or optimality may refer to:

• Mathematical optimization, the theory and computation of extrema or stationary points of functions

Economics and business

• Optimality, in economics; see utility and economic efficiency

• Pareto optimality, or Pareto efficiency, a concept used in economics, game theory, engineering, and the social sciences

• Process optimization, in business and engineering, methodologies for improving the efficiency of a production process
• Product optimization, in business and marketing, methodologies for improving the quality and desirability of a product or product concept

Information technology

• Program optimization, improving software to make it work more efficiently or use fewer resources
• Compiler optimization, improving the performance or efficiency of compiled code
• Asymptotically optimal algorithm, an algorithm that is at most a constant factor worse than the best possible algorithm for large input sizes
• Search engine optimization, in internet marketing, methodologies aimed at improving the ranking of a website in search engine listings
• Image search optimization, in internet marketing, methodologies aimed at improving the ranking of an image in image search engine listings

Other

• Optimality theory, in linguistics, a model proposing that observed forms of language arise from the interaction of conflicting constraints
• Optimization (role-playing games), a gaming play style

Optimum may refer to:

• Optimum Releasing, a film and DVD distribution company based in the UK
• Optimum TV, the brand name of a suite of digital media services offered by Cablevision Systems Corporation
• Optimum PR, a division of Cossette, Inc., a public-relations organization

See also

• Maximization (disambiguation)
• Management science
• Operations research
• Formal science

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