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Optimal vs Undermatching - What's the difference?

optimal | undermatching |

As an adjective optimal

is the best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.

As a noun undermatching is

the practice of accepting a match that is less than optimal, especially when accepting a place at a college or university when a superior one was available.

optimal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
    • Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
  • # (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.

    • Synonyms

    * best, ideal

    Related terms

    * opt * option * optional * optionable * optimality * optimise, optimize * optimism * optimist * optimistic * optimum * suboptimal

    undermatching

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practice of accepting a match that is less than optimal, especially when accepting a place at a college or university when a superior one was available