hillclimbing

Noun

Meaning

(sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.

(general) The act of climbing a hill.

(mathematics) A simple form of optimization that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to find a better solution by incrementally changing a single element of the solution.

Examples

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a major hillclimbing motor race held at the Pikes Peak Highway. Source: Internet

Note that 'iterative repair', unlike the 'backtracking' search outlined above, does not guarantee a solution: like all hillclimbing (i. Source: Internet

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