Maximization

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Maximization can refer to:

• Entropy maximization
• Maximization (ethics)
• Maximization (economics)
  • Expectation-maximization algorithm
  • Impact maximization
  • Profit maximization
  • Utility maximization problem
  • Budget-maximizing model
  • Shareholder value maximization

Minimization can refer to:

• boolean minimization - a technique for optimizing combinational digital circuits.
• In mathematics, finding the Minimal element.
• Cost-minimization analysis
• In microeconomics, Expenditure minimization problem
• Structural risk minimization
• Partitioning minimization procedure
• Waste minimisation
• Empirical risk minimization in Supervised learning
• Harm minimization or Harm reduction.
• Potential energy minimization principle or the Minimum total potential energy principle.
• Minimax approximation algorithm
• Plateau's problem

Both terms can refer to:

• optimization (mathematics)
• Global optimization

• Stochastic tunneling

• Random optimization