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Simplification vs Optimization - What's the difference?

simplification | optimization |

As nouns the difference between simplification and optimization

is that simplification is the act of simplifying or something that has been simplified while optimization is the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

simplification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of simplifying or something that has been simplified
  • (logic) a valid simple argument

    • 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