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Pareto optimal
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Pareto-optimal
English
Pareto efficiency
Alternative forms
Pareto-optimal
Adjective
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en game theory economics Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.
en game theory Describing a strategy that cannot be made to perform better against one opposing strategy without performing less well against another.
Usage notes
This term can also be used to compare situations such that the situation in which fewer Pareto improvements can be made is considered more Pareto optimal.
Synonyms
describing a situation Pareto efficient
See also
Pareto improvement
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