### action | improvement | optimization:

Linear optimization
* special case of Convex optimization.
+ Linear programming: Combinatorial optimization
  * Linear programming' or 'Linear optimisation' is a field of mathematics that deals with finding optimal values or solutions that can be described with linear equations and inequalities. Very often this involves finding the minimal or maximal values, given some conditions, or constraints. Linear programming is often used for problems where no exact solution is known, for example for planning traffic flows. Linear programming is one of the main methods used in Operations research. Linear optimization is a special case of Convex optimization. It forms the basis for several methods of solving problems of Integer programming. In many cases, the solutions of linear programs can be mapped to Polyhedra, which allows to solve and model certain problems geometrically.

Topological optimization
* involves topological as well as shape and size modifications.
* is the optimizing of different possible equipment layouts of the plant.

Personal improvement
* encompasses both physical and emotional well-being.
* involves the physical and emotional well-being of employees.
* is for supervisors experiencing some difficulty with aspects of supervision.

### action | improvement:

Progress
* concept which is relative to the values of a particular age and society.
* consequence of human nature.
* corollary of evolution.
* depends on locations.
* happens when one person has a dream and that dream becomes a Vision.
* involves self sacrifice for the benefit of others
* is an infinite advance towards the infinitely receding goal of infinite perfection
  - characterized by higher levels of unity and development
  - frequently a myth in jazz, as in most other aspects of contemporary life
  - growth, and can only be brought about by gradual improvement and transformation
  - just what happens when people live
  - made by people having a vision of what can be
  - man's ability to complicate simplicity
* is measured by advances in chemistry
  - in terms of what one is trying to make progress toward
  - over years and even decades
  - political parties
  - synonymous with the virtue that in the best instances distinguishes humanity
* is the driving force behind all assumptions at the heart of our economy-driven society
  - essence of human nature
  - expression of spirit in the world of matter
  - gradual assertion of reason
  - life-style of man
* is, how it thinks and acts.
* leads to important insight
  - new insight
* means that all people of the earth have a truly equal opportunity to achieve
  - there is an equal sharing and distribution of the wealth of the United States
* multifaceted property of science.
* occurs when all sectors are reincorporated into both the political and economic process.
* requires people to change their values, attitudes, or habits of behavior.
* series of individual acts of courage.
* takes months
  - places
  - several months

### action | improvement | progress:

Economic progress
* consists in the rising productivity of labor.
* depends on the progress of women
  - women's progress
* is an automatic resultant of procedures and systems
  - possible only in a world of rising prices
  - the ultimate standard that measures success
* requires that things be done differently.

Genetic progress
* depends on selection intensity and accuracy of breeding values.
* is found as the change in mean estimated breeding value over time.

Human progress
* depends upon human involvement, hard work and the reassertion of human dignity.
* is made by cooperation.

Material progress
* ensures the happiness of the human world.
* insures the happiness of the human world.

Real progress
* is related to the belief that it is possible.
* relates to the progress of the soul force for which moral laws are essential