heuristic (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

    heuristic (n.)

  1. a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

    [ Syn: heuristic rule , heuristic program ]

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