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As nouns the difference between terms and maximax
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terms is while
maximax is (economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.
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As an adjective maxima
is .
As a noun maximax is
(economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.
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maximal |
As nouns the difference between maximax and maximal
is that
maximax is (economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives); while
maximal is (mathematics) the element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
As an adjective maximal is
largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
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In economics computer science decision theory terms the difference between minimin and maximax
is that
minimin is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to minimize the minimum possible result while
maximax is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);
often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
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As nouns the difference between minimax and maximax
is that
minimax is in decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain while
maximax is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);
often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
As a verb minimax
is to find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.
maximin | maximax | see also |
As nouns the difference between maximin and maximax
is that
maximin is in decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play while
maximax is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);
often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
As a verb maximin
is to employ a maximin algorithm.
maximum | maximax |
As nouns the difference between maximum and maximax
is that
maximum is the highest limit while
maximax is a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);
often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
As an adjective maximum
is to the highest degree.
maximize | maximax |
As a verb maximize
is to make as large as possible.
As a noun maximax is
(economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.
algorithm | maximax |
As nouns the difference between algorithm and maximax
is that
algorithm is a precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps while
maximax is (economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.
strategy | maximax |
As nouns the difference between strategy and maximax
is that
strategy is the science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare while
maximax is (economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.