maximin |
minimin |
As nouns the difference between maximin and minimin
is that
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play while
minimin is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to minimize the minimum possible result.
As a verb maximin
is to employ a maximin algorithm.
maximin |
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maximon |
maximin |
As nouns the difference between maximon and maximin
is that
maximon is a hypothetical elementary particle of maximum mass in the mass spectrum of elementary particles having mass of 5 × 10
28 ev while
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
As a verb maximin is
to employ a maximin algorithm.
maximin |
maximax |
see also |
As nouns the difference between maximin and maximax
is that
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play while
maximax is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);
often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
As a verb maximin
is to employ a maximin algorithm.
worst | maximin |
As nouns the difference between worst and maximin
is that
worst is something or someone that is the worst while
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
As verbs the difference between worst and maximin
is that
worst is (archaic|transitive) to make worse while
maximin is to employ a maximin algorithm.
As an adjective worst
is (
bad).
As an adverb worst
is in the worst way: most badly, most ill.
maximin | minimax | see also |
Minimax is a anagram of maximin.
As nouns the difference between maximin and minimax
is that
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play while
minimax is in decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.
As verbs the difference between maximin and minimax
is that
maximin is to employ a maximin algorithm while
minimax is to find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.
