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social science subjects > business and management > manufacturing and operations > optimization

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optimization  

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  • Optimization is the study of organizational problems in which one seeks to minimize or maximize a real function by systematically choosing the values of real or integer variables from within an allowed set. In mathematics, optimization is called mathematical programming. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Optimization]

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