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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heuristic \Heu*ris"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to discover.] Serving to discover or find out From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heuristic adj 1: (computer science) relating to or using a heuristic rule 2: ofo or relating to a general formulation that serves to guide investigation [ant: {algorithmic}] n : a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem [syn: {heuristic rule}, {heuristic program}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: heuristic 1.A rule of thumb, simplification or educated guess that reduces or limits the search for solutions in domains that are difficult and poorly understood. Unlike {algorithms}, heuristics do not guarantee optimal, or even {feasible}, solutions and are often used with no theoretical guarantee. [What is a "feasible solution"?] 2. {approximation algorithm}. (1998-02-27)
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