Optimization vs. Simulation
Difference Between Optimization and Simulation
Optimizationnoun
The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
Simulationnoun
Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.Optimizationnoun
(programming) The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.
Simulationnoun
The process of simulating.
Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.Optimizationnoun
the act of rendering optimal;
the simultaneous optimization of growth and profitabilityin an optimization problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimizedto promote the optimization and diversification of agricultural productsSimulationnoun
(informal) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school.Simulationnoun
Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
Simulationnoun
(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
Simulationnoun
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program;
a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulatedSimulationnoun
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
Simulationnoun
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Simulationnoun
the act of giving a false appearance;
his conformity was only pretending
