goal function
1Goal programming — is a branch of multiobjective optimization, which in turn is a branch of multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA), also known as multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). It can be thought of as an extension or generalisation of linear programming …
2Goal setting — involves establishing specific, measurable and time targeted objectives. Work on the theory of goal setting suggests that it is an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants are clearly aware of what is expected from them,… …
3Goal Question Metric — (GQM) ist eine systematische Vorgehensweise zur Erstellung spezifischer Qualitätsmodelle im Bereich der Softwareentwicklung. Diese lässt sich als Baumstruktur darstellen. Als Wurzel steht das Ziel (Goal), das über die Knoten (Questions) zu den… …
4function — n 1 Function, office, duty, province are comparable when they mean the act, acts, activities, or operations expected of a person or thing by virtue of his or its nature, structure, status, or position. Function is the most comprehensive of these… …
5Function — may refer to:* Function (biology), explaining why a feature survived selection * Function (mathematics), an abstract entity that associates an input to a corresponding output according to some rule * Function (engineering), related to the… …
6function — [n1] capacity, job action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, office, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison d’être*,… …
7Function cost analysis — (FСА) (sometimes named function value analysis (FVA)) is the a method of technical and economic research of the systems for purpose to optimize a parity between system s (as product or service) consumer functions or properties (also known as… …
8function — function, functionalism Although the use of the concepts of function and functionalism is usually associated with the work of Talcott Parsons in modern sociology, there is a long tradition of functional explanation in studying societies, and a… …
9Function (engineering) — In engineering, in psychology, as well as in common parlance, function denotes the property of something which is used/applied for an objective/goal/purpose/scope.In fact, it is possible to realize the same function using different physical… …
10Function (biology) — A function is part of an answer to a question about why some object or process occurred in a system that evolved through a process of selection. Thus, function refers forward from the object or process, along some chain of causation to the goal… …
