Literary notes about optimize (AI summary)
In literature, the word "optimize" is used to capture the drive to achieve the best possible balance between constraints and outcomes. Authors employ it to describe efforts to align necessities with possibilities, as when one must balance what is possible with what is necessary [1] or when humans adjust their activities for enhanced performance [2]. In technical contexts, the term denotes refining processes—whether optimizing code performance [3, 4, 5] or configuring systems to suit particular environments [6]—while in other passages it is applied more broadly to resource allocation and strategic planning [7, 8]. Moreover, the word is used metaphorically in discussions ranging from the evolution of written language [9] and personal adjustment [10, 11] to natural selection strategies that maximize survival [12, 13, 14] and even tactical maneuvers in conflict [15, 16].
- But the real challenge is to figure out ways to optimize the relation between what is possible and what is necessary.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - They were developed by humans seeking to optimize their activity.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - "This compiler is taking a semi-infinite amount of time to optimize my program."
— from The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 - To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp.
— from The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 - The implication is that the compiler is actually trying to optimize the program, but through excessive cleverness is doing the opposite.
— from The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 - Game Theory assumes that the game is a given - and the players have to optimize their results within it.
— from Financial Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin - Optimize the use of resources; use those already contaminated (medical or nonmedical) before employing uncontaminated resources.
— from Health Service Support in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures by United States. Department of the Army - They will share resources and use communication means to optimize their work.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - Phonetic writing, the development of the effort to optimize writing, better imitated oral language.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - If we're going to try to optimize me, I'll need someone to take her place."
— from An Encounter in Atlanta by Ed Howdershelt - He'll have something that he can really optimize over.”
— from When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel by Holman Day - Adults must adjust their time and energy allocation to foraging to optimize not only energetic, but also nutritional return.
— from Conservation of marine birds of northern North America:papers from the international symposium held at the Seattle Hyatt House - Over time, limited mediation through language and literacy became necessary in order to optimize the effort of matching needs with availabilities.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - In other words, migratory patterns are selected to optimize survival and reproduction in alternating environments (Cohen 1967; Drury and Nisbet 1972).
— from Conservation of marine birds of northern North America:papers from the international symposium held at the Seattle Hyatt House - They intended to cut straight through our defenses to optimize their broadsides but instead they opened themselves to ours.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven - Indeed, whether human beings hunt or present personal experiences to others, they attempt to optimize their efforts.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
