One topic of research that keeps popping up is the question of what the central bank objective function should be.

Agreement on a single objective function enables a more rational, linear way of ratcheting up everyone’s best current thinking, minimizing the time spent on individuals’ emotions and personal ...

For industrial organizations serious about AI value, objective functions can provide the critical link between technical capabilities and business outcomes.

Leena Lankoski ¹², N. Craig Smith ², Alternative Objective Functions for Firms, Organization & Environment, Vol. 31, No. 3, Special Issue: Creating Value for ...

Carlos Romero, Multi-Objective and Goal-Programming Approaches as a Distance Function Model, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Mar., 1985), pp. 249-251 ...