Pareto optimal

adjective

Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

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Pareto efficient
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Meanings

adjectivePareto optimal (not comparable)

alternative Pareto-optimal

  1. not comparablecomputingDescribing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

    Synonyms: Pareto efficient

  2. not comparablecomputingDescribing a strategy that cannot be made to perform better against one opposing strategy without performing less well against another.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDescribing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

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Pareto efficient
Also see
pareto efficient
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