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		nuclearnice1 on April 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do you use an optimization solver? Which o... Interesting. What do you mean by quasi optimal? Genetic algorithms product quasi optimal results but simulated annealing will not?

tornadofart on May 3, 2022 [–]

Quasi-optimal means you can't prove that the algorithm will always find the optimal solution, though for all practical purposes, the algorithm will find it for over 99% of the time.

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