Mathematical optimization - Wikipedia Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled optimisation) or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criteria, from some set of available alternatives [1][2] It is generally divided into two subfields: discrete optimization and continuous optimization
Optimization | Definition, Techniques, Facts | Britannica Optimization, collection of mathematical principles and methods used for solving quantitative problems Optimization problems typically have three fundamental elements: a quantity to be maximized or minimized, a collection of variables, and a set of constraints that restrict the variables
18. 335J (S19) Lecture 25 - A Brief Overview of Optimization Problems Why optimization? In some sense, all engineering design is optimization: choosing design parameters to improve some objective Much of data analysis is also optimization: extracting some model parameters from data while minimizing some error measure (e g fitting)