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heuristics Definition

heu·ris·tics (-tiks)

heuristic methods or procedures

noun

the art or practice of using heuristic methods or procedures

heuristics Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • eye: Perception and Memory in Chess: Studies in the heuristics of the professional eye.

Converse of object

  • use: By default, ilmid uses some heuristics to select a local IP address.
  • apply: Some strategies for applying the metric heuristics to translation are provided.

Adjective modifier

  • low-level: We show that the choice function hyperheuristic makes an effective and realistic combination of the low-level heuristics at hand.
  • other: Research with this heuristic and other heuristics is continuing with a view to producing exploitable taxi dispatching software.
  • simple: You can work out much of these from judicious sniffing of traffic on the network; others you can deduce with some simple heuristics.
  • final: The red squares denote the mean heuristic for the final heuristics of this run Figure 2.
  • same: We formulate the interactive Markov chain with the same heuristics as the ABM of Hegselmann and Krause.

Modifies a noun

  • engine: Once analyzed by the heuristics engine, messages can be handled in different ways depending on the Spam Confidence Level ( SCL ) assigned.
  • technology: Others sift through the message content, applying signatures or heuristics technology.
  • literature: The heuristics literature concedes readily that the type of voter who can benefit from them is typically the more politically aware and interested.
  • thousand: Heuristics Engine Thousands of tests check the message headers and content for tell tale signs of spam.

Noun used with modifier

  • usability: Such recommendations are typified by Nielsen's usability heuristics.

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