HEURISTIC
Heuristic
Heuristic refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that give a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal. Where the exhaustive search is impractical, heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution via mental shortcuts to ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples of this method include using a rule of thumb, an educated guess, an intuitive judgment, stereotyping, or common sense.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Heuristic
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heuristic
Noun
- A heuristic method.
- The art of applying heuristic methods.
Adjective
- Relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.
- that solves a problem more quickly but is not certain to arrive at an optimal solution.
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