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Definition of Maximin
1. Noun. In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play. ¹
2. Verb. To employ a maximin algorithm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maximin
1. the maximum of a set of minima [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximin
Literary usage of Maximin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1899)
"maximin is a public enemy ! may his enmity soon expire with him, and may we long
enjoy the prudence and felicity of Gordian the father, the valor and ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"[Gibbon is unfair to maximin (though afterwards indeed, p. ... maximin was a rude
soldier, but he was thoroughly well meaning and capable. ..."
3. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"maximin, the representative of Valentinian at Tn'als in Rome, administered the laws
... maximin was of an obscure and barbarian family, settled in Pannonia. ..."
4. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"maximin, the new Prefect -, was quite inexperienced in war, of a sluggish and
cowardly ... 2 Probably the same maximin who had been sent as ambassador to ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"IE the first six months, however, of his new reign, maximin affected to adopt
... Cruelty and superstition were the ruling passions of the soul of maximin. ..."
6. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith, Eugene Lawrence (1889)
"maximin, AD 235, began his reign by massacring many of the friends of the ...
The Senate now revolted against maximin, and ordered all his friends in Rome ..."
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