objective function From WikiWord, the free dictionary English Contents DefinitionsRelated wordsReferences DefinitionsnounA function to be maximized or minimized in optimization theory. Related wordsSynonymsmaximizationoptimization problempenalty functionminimizationglobal maximumtotal functionmaximaxutility functionglobal minimummaximinminmaxminimaxlocal maximumminiminfunctionalmaximum References Wiktionary — objective function Wikipedia — objective function