The optimization is a widely used discipline, which discusses the characters of optimal choice on decision problems and constructs computing approaches to find the optimal solution.

最优化是一门应用相当广泛的学科，它讨论决策问题的最优选择，构造寻求最优解的计算方法并研究这些方法的理论性质及实际计算表现。

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"Computing now penetrates into just about every line of business and academic discipline, " said Zhigang Xiang, chair of Queens College's Computer Science Department.

WSJ: Students Shift to Computer Science