---
aliases:
  en:
  - objective function
concept_id: objective
preferred:
  en: objective
  ja: 目的
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - goal
    related:
    - reward
    - utility_function
status: active
---

# objective

An explicit criterion, quantity, or condition used to direct optimization, learning, or decision-making toward desired outcomes; in machine learning it may be represented by a loss, reward-based return, score, or other target, and it should not be assumed to equal a learned system's internal goal.

## broader

- [goal](../terminology/goal.txt)

## related

- [reward](../terminology/reward.txt)
- [utility function](../terminology/utility_function.txt)

## Documents: mentions

- [外部の目的関数は内部の目標を決定しない](../documents/yudkowsky.outer-objective-does-not-determine-inner-goal.txt)

[Corpus index](../index.txt)