Suboptimal vs Optimal - What's the difference?
suboptimal | optimal |
Less than optimal.
The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
# (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Optimal is a related term of suboptimal.
As adjectives the difference between suboptimal and optimal
is that suboptimal is less than optimal while optimal is the best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.suboptimal
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(-)- A quickly-produced suboptimal solution to a problem is often more useful than an optimal one that takes a long time to produce.
optimal
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(-)- Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.