• Mathematical optimization, the theory and computation of extrema or stationary points of functions

• Optimality, in economics; see utility
  Utility
  In economics, utility is a measure of customer satisfaction, referring to the total satisfaction received by a consumer from consuming a good or service....
  
   and economic efficiency
• Pareto optimality
  Pareto efficiency
  Pareto efficiency, or Pareto optimality, is a concept in economics with applications in engineering and social sciences. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who used the concept in his studies of economic efficiency and income distribution.Given an initial allocation of...
  
  , or Pareto efficiency, a concept used in economics, game theory, engineering, and the social sciences
• Process optimization
  Process optimization
  Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost, maximizing throughput, and/or efficiency...
  
  , in business and engineering, methodologies for improving the efficiency of a production process
• Product optimization
  Product optimization
  Product optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a product to make it more desirable.-Description:A product has a number of attributes. For example, a soda bottle can have different packaging variations, flavors, nutritional values. It is possible to optimize a product by...
  
  , in business and marketing, methodologies for improving the quality and desirability of a product or product concept

• Program optimization, improving software to make it work more efficiently or use fewer resources
• Compiler optimization
  Compiler optimization
  Compiler optimization is the process of tuning the output of a compiler to minimize or maximize some attributes of an executable computer program. The most common requirement is to minimize the time taken to execute a program; a less common one is to minimize the amount of memory occupied...
  
  , improving the performance or efficiency of compiled code
• Asymptotically optimal algorithm, an algorithm that is at most a constant factor worse than the best possible algorithm for large input sizes
• Search engine optimization
  Search engine optimization
  Search engine optimization is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid search results...
  
  , in internet marketing, methodologies aimed at improving the ranking of a website in search engine listings
• Image search optimization, in internet marketing, methodologies aimed at improving the ranking of an image in image search engine listings

• Optimality theory
  Optimality theory
  Optimality theory is a linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints. OT models grammars as systems that provide mappings from inputs to outputs; typically, the inputs are conceived of as underlying representations, and...
  
  , in linguistics, a model proposing that observed forms of language arise from the interaction of conflicting constraints
• Optimization (role-playing games)
  Optimization (role-playing games)
  Optimization, in computer and table-top role-playing games, is a term intended to describe a play style or set of play styles alternately referred to by the terms munchkin gaming, powergaming, min-maxing, "roll-playing", or twinking, but without the pejorative connotation of those terms...
  
  , a gaming play style

• Optimum Releasing
  Optimum Releasing
  StudioCanal UK is a film distributor company working in the UK and Ireland. The company releases many films, including foreign language films, anime releases such as Studio Ghibli's films and independent British, Irish and American films in the UK and sometimes Ireland.Optimum was acquired by...
  
  , a film and DVD distribution company based in the UK
• Optimum TV, the brand name of a suite of digital media services offered by Cablevision Systems Corporation
• Optimum PR, a division of Cossette, Inc., a public-relations organization

See also

• Maximization (disambiguation)
• Management science
• Operations research
  Operations research
  Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
  
  
• Formal science
  Formal science
  The formal sciences are the branches of knowledge that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information theory, systems theory, decision theory, statistics, and some aspects of linguistics....