Optimization
Optimization is a general term for extremum searching (maximizing or minimizing) of particular properties.
In mathematics, it is usually the value of a particular function.
Optimization is also termed Operations research when applied to practical economic problems.
See optimization (mathematics).
In
computer science,
optimization is the process of improving a system in certain ways such as execution speed, memory requirements and
bandwidth. Despite its name, optimization does not necessarily mean finding the
optimum solution to a problem. Often this is not possible, and
heuristic algorithms must be used instead.