plural of optimal

(transitive, programming) To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.

(programming) An optimization that works by eliminating redundant instructions from a small area of source code.

(game theory, economics) Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

(mathematics) The problem of finding the "best" solution from all feasible solutions, given constraints defining which of the solutions are feasible, and a goal function defining which of the feasible solutions is the best one.

An allocation of resources such that no other allocation makes any one individual better off without making another worse off

plural of optimization problem

(linguistics) A linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints.

Alternative form of suboptimality

plural of sub-optimality