optimizern.

1954 Jrnl. Operations Res. Soc. Amer. 2 431 The would-be optimizer should constantly look for rules of thumb which will be almost as good as the theoretical optimum.

1964 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 25 274/2 The digital logic of the optimizer is sub-divided into basic functional units whose inputs, outputs, and control points are wired to its patchbay.

1988 Oxf. Econ. Papers June 262 Assume..that one of the firms is not an optimizer but is satisfied so long as it is in the neighbourhood of maximum profit.

1990 D. Holloway Which? Bk. Plumbing & Central Heating (rev. ed.) xi. 137/3 An optimiser allows you to set the actual times you need certain temperatures and it then ‘learns’ when to turn the system on to achieve these.

1992 PC World Apr. 216/3 A disk optimizer that defragments files, speeding hard disk reads and writes.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Sept. 35/1 We have a new miracle drug, no mere antidepressant but a ‘personality optimizer’.