The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Lewin Wisman which was dated 1154, in Records of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as The Builder of Churches, 1154 - 1189.
Optimization is an act, process, or methodology of making something (as a design, system, or decision) as fully perfect, functional, or effective as possible; specifically : the mathematical procedures (as finding the maximum of a function) involved in this.
Algorithms exist that perform calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning. An algorithm is an effective method that can be expressed within a finite amount of space and time and in a well-defined formal language for calculating a function. prototypical example of an algorithm is Euclid's algorithm to determine the maximum common divisor of two integers; an example (there are others) is described by the flow chart above and as an example in a later section. Boolos & Jeffrey (1974, 1999) offer an informal meaning of the word in the following quotation: