86 books
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Optimization Books
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by (shelved 19 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.48 — 345 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 12 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.06 — 87 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 12 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.34 — 134 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 11 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,546 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 7 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.94 — 36 ratings — published 1984

by (shelved 6 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.08 — 132 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 6 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.12 — 156 ratings — published 1989

by (shelved 5 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1981

by (shelved 5 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 5 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.51 — 37 ratings — published 1969

by (shelved 5 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.43 — 37 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 4 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,227,200 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 4 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.00 — 66 ratings — published 1977

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.28 — 18 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.44 — 27 ratings — published 1970

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.07 — 81,925 ratings — published 1984

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.91 — 328,000 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.68 — 22 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.33 — 12 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.16 — 183,947 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.28 — 18 ratings — published 1986

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.01 — 123 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.31 — 39 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.36 — 33 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 3 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.50 — 24 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.16 — 81 ratings — published 1963

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.18 — 119,389 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 1976

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.68 — 34 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 1981

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.30 — 10 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.94 — 34 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.37 — 219,587 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.79 — 32,258 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.13 — 13,104 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.09 — 215,910 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.21 — 38 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.01 — 166,289 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,360,761 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 5.00 — 5 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.26 — 98,655 ratings — published 1959

by (shelved 2 times as optimization)
avg rating 4.52 — 25 ratings — published 2006
“The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.”
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“Constantly trying to optimize—maximize user engagement, minimize customer wait time, find the ideal values for some complex function so a computer could translate between two languages or recognize faces or categorize images. Tiny granular steps in the right direction.
She had, at one point, wrapped up the whole of her life in such a philosophy, believed wholeheartedly there was a way to optimize every day, an ideal way to arrange tasks on her calendar. There was a cost function that could be applied to every decision and if only she could find it, she could solve it.
She could live perfectly.
But optimal wasn't the same as perfect, was it? Perfect
implied so much more; it encapsulated some completeness that optimal dared not touch.”
― Platformed
She had, at one point, wrapped up the whole of her life in such a philosophy, believed wholeheartedly there was a way to optimize every day, an ideal way to arrange tasks on her calendar. There was a cost function that could be applied to every decision and if only she could find it, she could solve it.
She could live perfectly.
But optimal wasn't the same as perfect, was it? Perfect
implied so much more; it encapsulated some completeness that optimal dared not touch.”
― Platformed