A term for this is constrained utility maximization (with income and wealth as the constraints on demand).

The function f is called, variously, an objective function, a loss function or cost function (minimization), a utility function (maximization), a fitness function (maximization), or, in certain fields, an energy function, or energy functional.

Charitable status Groups who have charitable status in Canada aren't allowed to do advocacy.

Other The utility of local cooling of the head and neck is controversial.

Utilitarianism as Secondary Ethic A concise review of Utilitarianism, its proponents and critics.

This puts an upper limit on the usefulness of adding more parallel execution units.

So what are the applications?

Computers are of great use.

This message is given as a public service.

I thought it might be of some use.

In An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789) Bentham set out his theory of utility.

Useful as it has been, the concept of the Stone Age has its limitations.

This dictionary has been of great use to me.

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San Jose led the list with 3,867 utility patents filed in 2005, and number two was Sunnyvale, at 1,881 utility patents.

The emerge utility executes ebuilds in a sandbox environment.

The work of analysts such as Henri Lebesgue demonstrated the great mathematical utility of set theory, which has since become woven into the fabric of modern mathematics.

The paradox exists because, in a market economy, the value of water is set not by the total usefulness of water (infinite) or by the average usefulness of water (very large), but by the marginal value of the last drop of water consumed (very low).

And here's the public service announcement for this project.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.

There is considerable debate about the usefulness of the MVP.

As soon as one phase is turned off, another one is turned on.

Utility theory is about measures of the relative economic satisfaction from, or desirability of, consumption of various goods and services.

The usefulness of adaptive optics versus HST observations depends strongly on the particular details of the research questions being asked.

All variables are marked with leading sigils, which allow variables to be interpolated directly into strings.

Enigma Force is suspected to be connected to the Microverse, and is also the source to the Uni Power, which transforms an individual into Captain Universe.

This principle of utility guided his unconventional curricular choices for Warrington's aspiring middle class students.

For the US, however, the utility of multilateralism is purely situational.

And in fact, even space itself is turning into a service.

Both are too stylized to be of use when analyzed in the abstract.

I don't know whether this'll be of any use to you.

First, the EU should take a leading role in maximizing the efficiency of each member state s navy, by creating mechanisms that would facilitate the exchange of information between governments, maritime agencies, and navies.

Perhaps overlooked, Volta's invention of the battery for the first time also demonstrated the utility of a professor.

There is no evidence to support the usefulness of these therapies.

Provided your window is not already maximised, clicking on the maximise button with the left mouse button middle mouse button right mouse button will maximise fully vertically horizontally respectively.

Technologies are not usually exclusively products of science, because they have to satisfy requirements such as utility, usability and safety.

On the other hand, the social usefulness of freely available information can weigh against the appropriateness of copyright for certain fixations.

You might ask yourself, what's the usefulness of a robot that's unstable?

Where all this leads, I don't know. Is it practical? I don't know.

The ECB continues to look for ways of further improving the usefulness of the existing tools .

Utility Historically, mathematics was most important in the natural sciences and engineering.

The cache performs a tag comparison to determine if this access was a hit or miss.

In the binary numeral system, one would need 333 bits to represent a googol, i.e., 1 googol 2332.19280949, or exactly formula_1.

On November 14, 2006, Borland announced its decision to separate the Developer Tools Group into a wholly owned subsidiary focused on maximizing developer productivity.