Minimax (sometimes Minmax, MM or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, game theory, statistics, and philosophy...

Look up minimax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minimax is a strategy in decision theory and related disciplines. Minimax, minmax, or min-max can...

In the mathematical area of game theory, a minimax theorem is a theorem providing conditions that guarantee that the max–min inequality is also an equality...

MiniMax is an artificial intelligence (AI) company based in Shanghai, China. As of 2024, it has been dubbed one of China's "AI Tiger" companies by investors...

Minimax is a European pay television channel aimed at children, headquartered in Hungary, and broadcasting to 11 Central European countries. The channel...

with its patented dynamic idle detection by Gross and John P. Constant), MINIMAX task switcher support for PIM (Personal Information Modules) applications...

algorithm that seeks to decrease the number of nodes that are evaluated by the minimax algorithm in its search tree. It is an adversarial search algorithm used...

estimator (estimation rule) δ M {\displaystyle \delta ^{M}\,\!} is called minimax if its maximal risk is minimal among all estimators of θ {\displaystyle...

ordinary minimax approach. Similar approaches have been used in a variety of areas such as: Hypothesis testing Prediction Economics One benefit of minimax (as...

knowledge, Γ-minimax inference is a minimax approach used to deal with partial prior information. It works with applications of Γ-minimax to statistical...

Minimax Limited was a British manufacturer of fire extinguishers founded in England in 1903. Their unique conical fire extinguisher was known as 'The...

the Courant minimax principle gives the eigenvalues of a real symmetric matrix. It is named after Richard Courant. The Courant minimax principle gives...

systems, the Minimax Condorcet method is a single-winner ranked-choice voting method that always elects the majority (Condorcet) winner. Minimax compares...

A minimax approximation algorithm (or L∞ approximation or uniform approximation) is a method to find an approximation of a mathematical function that...

mathematics, and in particular game theory, Sion's minimax theorem is a generalization of John von Neumann's minimax theorem, named after Maurice Sion. It states:...

In computational complexity theory, Yao's principle (also called Yao's minimax principle or Yao's lemma) is a way to prove lower bounds on the worst-case...

and the computation of maximum flows. A closely related problem, the minimax path problem or bottleneck shortest path problem asks for the path that...

Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person (Von minimax dadamax selbst konstruiertes maschinchen) (1919–20) is a mixed-media work of art by...

Negamax search is a variant form of minimax search that relies on the zero-sum property of a two-player game. This algorithm relies on the fact that ⁠...

analyzed under the conditions of worst and average case and in the sense of a minimax value of a zero-sum game in game theory. With four holes and six colors...

The expectiminimax algorithm is a variation of the minimax algorithm, for use in artificial intelligence systems that play two-player zero-sum games,...

equilibrium theory, particularly for applications of Sion's minimax theorem. Generalizing a minimax theorem of John von Neumann, Sion's theorem is also used...

embraced the low-fat, "minimax" approach. Minimax also led to three successful cookbooks: Graham Kerr's Smart Cooking, Graham Kerr's Minimax Cookbook, and Graham...

requires the use of randomised rules to satisfy optimality conditions such as minimax, most notably when deriving confidence intervals and hypothesis tests about...

In mathematics, a saddle point or minimax point is a point on the surface of the graph of a function where the slopes (derivatives) in orthogonal directions...

node search (BNS), originally known as fuzzified game tree search, is a minimax search algorithm, developed in 2011. The idea is that the knowledge that...

In geometry, minimax eversions are a class of sphere eversions, constructed by using half-way models. It is a variational method, and consists of special...

Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels owned by The Walt Disney Company. Since its American debut on February 13, 2009, the brand was launched...

dataset in a conservative manner called minimax sampling. The minimax sampling has its origin in Anderson minimax ratio whose value is proved to be 0.5:...

competitive or non-competitive. Zero-sum games are most often solved with the minimax theorem which is closely related to linear programming duality, or with...