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Given: Sought: Such a formulation is called an optimization problem or a '''mathematical programming problem''' (a term not directly related to Computer Programming , but still in use for example in Linear Programming - see History below). Many real-world and theoretical problems may be modeled in this general framework. Problems formulated using this technique in the fields of Physics and Computer Vision may refer to the technique as '''energy minimization''', speaking of the value of the function ''f'' as representing the energy of the System being Modeled . Typically, ''A'' is some Subset of the Euclidean Space R''n'', often specified by a set of '' Constraint s'', equalities or inequalities that the members of ''A'' have to satisfy. The elements of ''A'' are called ''feasible solutions''. The function ''f'' is called an ''objective function'', or ''cost function''. A feasible solution that minimizes (or maximizes, if that is the goal) the objective function is called an ''optimal solution''. The Domain ''A'' of ''f'' is called the ''search space'', while the elements of ''A'' are called '' Candidate Solution s'' or ''feasible solutions''.
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