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Everything about Efficiency

Degree to which a process minimizes waste of resources

Efficiency is the often measurable ability to avoid making mistakes or wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while performing a task. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: EfficiencyA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphologyInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis setCited 75,480 times
  5. Go sideways: Allocative efficiencyA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Operational efficiencyA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.

Noun The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.

Noun The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

Noun The quality of producing an effect or effects.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Efficiency and effectiveness
  2. Inefficiency
  3. Mathematical expression
  4. In science and technology

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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