artificial intelligence Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Pertaining to a trajectory, path, or control motion, one that minimizes or maximizes some quantity or combination of quantities such as fuel, time, energy, distance, heat transfer, etc This optimum condition, or path, is commonly calculated by a type of mathematics known as calculus of variations
That mechanism which results in the greatest net gain for the designated economic agent The seller's net gain might be defined in terms of the speed with which the good is sold or the total price received
the algorithm that produces the best results The optimal algorithm might not be achievable, but stating the results gives a bound for all other algorithms and measures their quality