21st Century Engineering by Anirudh Dhebar
July 2025
Don’t let the optimal be the enemy of the 'good enough'
In the second of three columns focusing on the traditional
approach to optimization, I take up “satisficing” –
abandoning the futile pursuit of some end-of-the-rainbow
optimal and embracing the achievable “good enough.”
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