Pareto optimal

See also: Pareto-optimal

English

Alternative forms

• Pareto-optimal

Adjective

Pareto optimal (not comparable)

1. (game theory, economics) Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.
2. (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