"Pareto optimal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Pareto optimal (not comparable)
  1. (game theory, economics) Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Economics, Game theory Synonyms (describing a situation): Pareto efficient
    Sense id: en-Pareto_optimal-en-adj-2BG~qj-M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: computing, economics, engineering, game-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'describing a situation': 82 18
  2. (game theory) Describing a strategy that cannot be made to perform better against one opposing strategy without performing less well against another. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Game theory Synonyms: Pareto-optimal Related terms: Pareto improvement
    Sense id: en-Pareto_optimal-en-adj-VnC76ZXt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, game-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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