Maximax vs Maximal - What's the difference?
maximax | maximal |
(economics, computer science, decision theory) 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);
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Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
(mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
(mathematics) Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice : that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
(logic) Said of a set of well-formed formulas'': that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula ''φ'', the set contains either ''φ'' or ~''φ .
As nouns the difference between maximax and maximal
is that maximax is (economics|computer science|decision theory) 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); while maximal is (mathematics) the element of a set with the greatest magnitude.As an adjective maximal is
largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.maximax
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- The first criterion is the criterion, often referred to the maximax criterion. the decision-maker is always optimistic and attempts to maximize profits by a go-for-broke strategy.