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

Alternative form of Pareto optimal

Alternative form of suboptimal

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

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

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

Alternative form of suboptimality

plural of sub-optimality

Relating to optimization