Hillclimbing

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course. uncountable
  2. 2
    The act of climbing a hill. general, uncountable

    "Some very fine hillclimbing now followed, with an acceleration to 35 m.p.h. on the 1 on 129 grade—an output of about 1,240 d.h.p."

  3. 3
    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. uncountable

Example

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"Some very fine hillclimbing now followed, with an acceleration to 35 m.p.h. on the 1 on 129 grade—an output of about 1,240 d.h.p."

Etymology

From hill + climbing.

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