By egregory
via architects.dzone.com
Published: Jan 16 2013 / 10:50
Optimization is a very common problem in data analytics. Given a set of variables (which one has control), how to pick the right value such that the benefit is maximized. More formally, optimization is about determining a set of variables x1, x2, … that maximize or minimize an objective function f(x1, x2, …).
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