ðə dˈɛdˈɛnd ᵻlˌɪmᵻnˈeɪʃən ˈælɡɚɹˌɪθəm dˌiːˌiːˈiː ɪz ɐ mˈɛθəd fɔːɹ mˈɪnɪmˌaɪzɪŋ ɐ fˈʌŋkʃən ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐ dɪskɹˈiːt sˈɛt ʌv ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt vˈɛɹɪəbəlz.
The dead-end elimination algorithm (DEE) is a method for minimizing a function over a discrete set of independent variables.