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Optimization vs Minimization - What's the difference?

optimization | minimization |

As nouns the difference between optimization and minimization

is that optimization is the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense while minimization is the act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.

optimization

English

Alternative forms

* optimisation

Noun

(wikipedia optimization) (en noun)
  • the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense

    • Derived terms

    * optimization problem * continuous optimization * combinatorial optimization * convex optimization * discrete optimization * global optimization * stochastic optimization * unconstrained optimization

    See also

    * linear programming

    minimization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.
  • (mathematics) The process of finding the minimum value of a function.

    • See also

    * maximization * minimalization