Optimization glossary
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Optimization is a branch of mathematics which is concerned with finding maxima and minima of real-valued functions.
A function f: A <math>\to</math> R to be minimized or maximized is called a cost function or an objective function.
The domain A of f is called the search space, while the elements of A are called candidate solutions or feasible solutions.
