maximin

[mak-suh-min]

noun

a strategy of game theory employed to maximize a player's minimum possible gain.

Compare minimax.

Origin of maximin

First recorded in 1950–55; maxi(mum) + min(imum)

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Historical Examples of maximin

That other old man, whose beard is as white as the snow on the mountains, is Maximin.
Balthasar
Anatole France
To all the world you are Maximin, the body-guard of Severus.
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
Arthur Conan Doyle
I have seen the last story transferred to the time of the younger Maximin.
Gryll Grange
Thomas Love Peacock
Cruelty and superstition were the ruling passions of the soul of Maximin.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
The troops listened with pleasure to the emissaries of Maximin.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for maximin

maximin

noun

maths the highest of a set of minimum values

(in game theory, etc) the procedure of choosing the strategy that most benefits the least advantaged member of a groupCompare minimax

Word Origin for maximin

C20: from maxi (mum) + min (imum)

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