What is another word for pareto?

Pronunciation: [paɹˈiːtə͡ʊ] (IPA)

Pareto refers to the principle of the 80/20 rule which suggests that 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. In simple terms, it means that a significant proportion of effects are caused by a small number of factors. Synonyms for Pareto include the law of the vital few, the principle of factor scarcity, and the power law. Pareto's principle has been applied in various fields, including business, economics, and social sciences, to identify the crucial factors that contribute to success. The principle has also been used to optimize productivity and efficiency in organizations by concentrating on the critical few factors that yield the most significant results.

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What are the hypernyms for Pareto?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    management theory, principle of efficiency, allocation rule, Business principle, Distribution rule, Economic maxim, Economics concept, Efficiency theory, Management principle, economic principle.

Usage examples for Pareto

On another occasion-it was in 1857-the house of the Marchese pareto, where Mazzini was staying, was surrounded by the police, and a large military force in attendance made a portentous show.
"Fragments of an Autobiography"
Felix Moscheles
Among the most recent of these are: Relazione sulle condizioni agrarie ed igieniche della Campagna di Roma, per Raffaele pareto; Cenni Storici sulla questione dell' Agro Romano di G. Guerzoni; Cenni sulle condizioni Fisico-economiche di Roma per F. Giordano; and a very important paper in the journal Lo Sperimentale for 1870, by Dr. D. Pantaleoni.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
Were it only to lay a token of gratitude at the feet of my cicerone, I would fain add your illustrious name to those of Porcia, of San-Severino, of pareto, of di Negro, and of Belgiojoso, who will represent in this "Human Comedy" the close and constant alliance between Italy and France, to which Bandello did honor in the same way in the sixteenth century-Bandello, the bishop and author of some strange tales indeed, who left us the splendid collection of romances whence Shakespeare derived many of his plots and even complete characters, word for word.
"Cousin Betty"
Honore de Balzac

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