In practice, maximizers are not things that actually find the maximum value. They are typically hill-climbers, of some kind or another. They try and find better values—i.e. local maxima. Maximizers do not have to be perfect to warrant the name.
In practice, maximizers are not things that actually find the maximum value. They are typically hill-climbers, of some kind or another. They try and find better values—i.e. local maxima. Maximizers do not have to be perfect to warrant the name.