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Pareto improvement

Pareto improvement noun: a change in the allocation of a resource to a set of individuals that is an improvement for at least one and no worse for any other.

Noun

Pareto improvement (plural Pareto improvements)

  1. A change in the allocation of a resource to a set of individuals that is an improvement for at least one and no worse for any other.

Forms of Pareto improvement

pluralPareto improvements
alternative formPareto-improvement

Origin of Pareto improvement

Named after Vilfredo Pareto.

Questions about Pareto improvement

What does Pareto improvement mean?
Pareto improvement means a change in the allocation of a resource to a set of individuals that is an improvement for at least one and no worse for any other.
What part of speech is Pareto improvement?
Pareto improvement is a noun.
What is the plural of Pareto improvement?
The plural of Pareto improvement is Pareto improvements.

Words near Pareto improvement in the dictionary

  1. Pareto efficient
  2. Pareto front
  3. Pareto frontier
  4. Pareto frontiers
  5. Pareto fronts
  6. Pareto improvement
  7. Pareto improvements
  8. Pareto optimal
  9. Pareto optimality
  10. Pareto principle
  11. Pareto's law

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