As nouns the difference between integration and optimization
is that integration is integration while optimization is the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
integration
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The act or process of making whole or entire.
(society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' (ethnic, immigrant...) minorities
(calculus) The operation of finding the of a function.
(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.
Derived terms
* integrationist
* enterprise application integration
* horizontal integration
* indefinite integration
* integral calculus
* integration clause
* racial integration
* vertical integration
* forward integration
* backward integration
Related terms
* integer
* integrable
* integral
* integrand
* integrator
Anagrams
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optimization
English
Alternative forms
* optimisation
Derived terms
* optimization problem
* continuous optimization
* combinatorial optimization
* convex optimization
* discrete optimization
* global optimization
* stochastic optimization
* unconstrained optimization
See also
* linear programming