design a process or act upon a process such that the performance criterion used for evaluating the process states for a given task assumes a value either as large as possible or as small as possible within given limitations (see
351-47-36) Note 1 to entry: The performance criterion may be used to express optimization targets like high profitability, high efficiency and high throughput. Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 351-22-10 in IEC 60050-351:2006.
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