heu·ris·tic
(hy -r s tk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a usually speculative formulation
serving as a guide in the investigation or solution of a problem: "The historian discovers the past by the judicious use of
such a heuristic device as the 'ideal type'" (Karl J. Weintraub).
2. Of or constituting an educational method in which
learning takes place through discoveries that result from investigations made by
the student.
3. Computer Science Relating to or using a
problem-solving technique in which the most appropriate solution of several
found by alternative methods is selected at successive stages of a program for
use in the next step of the program.
n.
1. A heuristic method or process.
2. heuristics (used with a sing. verb)
The study and application of heuristic methods and processes.
[From Greek heuriskein, to find.]
heu·ris
ti·cal·ly
adv. |
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A natural with technology, Hayden seems to use heuristics intuitively.
A natural with technology, Hayden seems to use heuristics intuitively.
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