maximize

To decide, it runs a projection—this is the value function—of which direction will maximize the total points, or rewards, it can earn.

After all, as one McCain aide told The Daily Beast, it is necessary “in order to fully operate the mine and maximize job growth.”

The NCF was created, back in 1982 or so, to maximize hard right-wing evangelical Christian philanthropic giving.

In that case, the best plan is to maximize the white vote and to avoid naturalizing immigrants.

The press was very liberal, back in those days, “so they find every little thing that is wrong and try to maximize it,” he said.

I maximize time in hardened buildings and only return to my thin-walled quarters for sleep.

It is not enough to maximize wealth; we must strive to maximize utilities.

They try to maximize their benefits at any cost, as long as it is a cost to others.

This would maximize Shock and Awe and help break the adversary's will.

We had scheduled the release for mid-March for several reasons which we felt would maximize chances for success.