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Optimization vs Utilization - What's the difference?

optimization | utilization |

As nouns the difference between optimization and utilization

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 utilization is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

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

    utilization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * utilisation (chiefly British)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (American spelling)

    • Synonyms

    * use

    Usage notes

    *See usage notes at .

    Derived terms

    * capacity utilization * underutilization * utilization rate * utilization review