a condition, degree, amount or compromise that produces the best possible result
adjective
2.
most favourable or advantageous; best
optimum conditions
Word origin
C19: from Latin: the best (thing), from optimus best; see optimism
Examples of 'optima' in a sentence
optima
In contrast, species optima showed almost no change between the scenarios.
Jana Michaelis, Martin R. Diekmann 2017, 'Biased niches – Species response curves and niche attributes from Huisman-Olff-Frescomodels change with differing species prevalence and frequency', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0183152. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, the determined thermal ranges may possibly correspond to the thermal optima.
Denis Axenov-Gribanov, Daria Bedulina, Zhanna Shatilina, Lena Jakob, Kseniya Vereshchagina,Yulia Lubyaga, Anton Gurkov, Ekaterina Shchapova, Till Luckenbach, Magnus Lucassen,Franz Josef Sartoris, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Maxim Timofeyev 2016, 'Thermal Preference Ranges Correlate with Stable Signals of Universal Stress Markersin Lake Baikal Endemic and Holarctic Amphipods', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0164226. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Evolutionary algorithms have strong global search ability, but have difficulty in locating local optima efficiently.
Peng Wu, Li Pan 2015, 'Multi-Objective Community Detection Based on Memetic Algorithm', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0126845. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study examines the spatial variation in parameter optima in more detail.
G. Heuvelmans, G. Heuvelmans, B. Muys, B. Muys, J. Feyen, J. Feyen 2004, 'Analysis of the spatial variation in the parameters of the SWAT model with applicationin Flanders, Northern Belgium', Hydrology and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/8/931/2004/hess-8-931-2004.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, existing partitional clustering algorithms for categorical data are prone to fall into local optima.
Jinchao Ji, Wei Pang, Yanlin Zheng, Zhe Wang, Zhiqiang Ma 2015, 'A novel artificial bee colony based clustering algorithm for categorical data.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4439097?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Obtained results are original thermodynamics optima, that represent exergy upper bounds for these two cases.
Michel Feidt 2013, 'Two Examples of Exergy Optimization Regarding the “Thermo-Frigopump” and CombinedHeat and Power Systems', Entropyhttp://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/2/544. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An optima approach has been applied to acquire the solution of modeled problem.
Mohammad Ishaq, Gohar Ali, Zahir Shah, Saeed Islam, Sher Muhammad 2018, 'Entropy Generation on Nanofluid Thin Film Flow of Eyring–Powell Fluid with ThermalRadiation and MHD Effect on an Unsteady Porous Stretching Sheet', Entropyhttp://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/6/412. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)