heuristic
IPA: hjʊrˈɪstɪk
noun
- A heuristic method.
- The art of applying heuristic methods.
- (computing) A heuristic algorithm or method.
adjective
- (of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- (computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.
- (of an argument) That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
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Examples of "heuristic" in Sentences
- As a methodological and heuristic device.
- The probabilistic and heuristic paradigm.
- A consistent heuristic is also admissible.
- It also doesn't explain what the contagion heuristic is.
- An admissible heuristic is also known as an optimistic heuristic.
- A generalization of the killer heuristic is the history heuristic.
- A generalization of the killer heuristic is the history heuristic .
- A generalization of the killer heuristic is the 'history heuristic'.
- Evidence belongs more in the heuristic rather than ideational category.
- The Schwartz set heuristic for the Schulze method is an iterative heuristic.
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