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His first publication, a 1943 paper entitled 'On the optimal use of winds for flight planning', indicated a preoccupation with optimality — the sine qua non for his subsequent intellectual vision.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

Apart from perishable produce, I for one do not care about optimality.

From Nature • Mar. 7, 2017

But it can be hard for the individual driver to appreciate the subtle beauty of system optimality.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2011

If growth is the issue, then the true issue is its optimality in terms of level and composition and effects.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

There remains the interesting point of the potential difference between Pareto Optimality and SWF optimality, when information is the active variable.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas