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Minimizing vs Minimax - What's the difference?

minimizing | minimax |

As verbs the difference between minimizing and minimax

is that minimizing is present participle of minimize while minimax is to find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.

As a noun minimax is

in decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.

minimizing

English

Verb

(head)

    • minimax

    English

    (wikipedia minimax)

    Noun

    (es)
  • In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.

    • Verb

  • To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.

    • See also

    * maximin

    Anagrams

    * English oxymorons