Definition of heuristics and meta-heuristics
| Definitions |
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| Heuristics |
| A heuristic is a simple, actionable guiding-principle for behavior that reflects insights about the world. Those insights can be thought of as hypotheses about how to find good solutions in specific environments, characterized by uncertainty, as opposed to calculable risk. Simplicity is achieved by selecting information, reducing computation and relying on basic human capacities, mental or physical |
| Meta-heuristics |
| A meta-heuristic is a simple, actionable guiding-principle for discovering heuristics. Meta-heuristics reflect insights about heuristics. These insights can be thought of as hypotheses about how to find good heuristics in specific environments, characterized by uncertainty, as opposed to calculable risk. Simplicity is achieved by selecting information, reducing computation and relying on basic human capacities, mental or physical |
| Definitions |
|---|
| A heuristic is a simple, actionable guiding-principle for behavior that reflects insights about the world. Those insights can be thought of as hypotheses about how to find good solutions in specific environments, characterized by uncertainty, as opposed to calculable risk. Simplicity is achieved by selecting information, reducing computation and relying on basic human capacities, mental or physical |
| A meta-heuristic is a simple, actionable guiding-principle for discovering heuristics. Meta-heuristics reflect insights about heuristics. These insights can be thought of as hypotheses about how to find good heuristics in specific environments, characterized by uncertainty, as opposed to calculable risk. Simplicity is achieved by selecting information, reducing computation and relying on basic human capacities, mental or physical |
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