heuristic
Quick decision method
Heuristic can be used as a noun or an adjective to describe learning, discovery, or problem-solving.
It is used in scientific writing far more than in any other genre.
A heuristic is a tool, method, or experiment that is intended to discover or determine something.
A heuristic search is one intended to turn up new knowledge or information.
In computing, heuristic refers to trial-and-error problem-solving when it is not practical to use an algorithm, or when no algorithm has been developed.
Practical approximate principle
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
judgement · common-sense · analogy · extrapolation · estimation · hypothesis · conjecture · anchoring
Excessively wanting more
- hill-climbingGoing up elevated terrain
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- minimaxWorst-case loss reduction
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- representativenessQuality of being typical
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
automatic · intuitive · recognition · fluency · prototype · stereotype · schema · chunking
Solving by successive approximation
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
adaptation · troubleshooting · debugging · triage · elimination · iterative · incremental · systematic
Temporary exterior work platform
- inquiry-basedDriven by questioning
- experientialDerived from direct involvement
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
trial-and-error · exploration · constructivism · Socratic · problem-based · mnemonic · analogy · visualization
Near but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
- hackShortcut or breach
rule-of-thumb · shorthand · simplification · proxy · surrogate · stand-in · back-of-envelope · thumbnail
rule-of-thumb
Practical approximate principle
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
intuition · judgement · common-sense · analogy · extrapolation · estimation · hypothesis · conjecture · anchoring · availability
greedy
Excessively wanting more
- hill-climbingGoing up elevated terrain
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- representativenessQuality of being typical
framing · automatic · intuitive · recognition · fluency · prototype · stereotype · schema · chunking · attention
trial-and-error
Solving by successive approximation
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
strategy · adaptation · troubleshooting · debugging · triage · elimination · iterative · incremental · systematic · analytical
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
- inquiry-basedDriven by questioning
- experientialDerived from direct involvement
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
self-directed · trial-and-error · exploration · constructivism · Socratic · problem-based · mnemonic · analogy · visualization
approximation
Near but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
hack · rule-of-thumb · shorthand · simplification · proxy · surrogate · stand-in · back-of-envelope · thumbnail · expedient
- optimizationoptimization, caching, optimum, indexing, prefetching
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- methodsmethod, approach, way, technique, procedure
- antivirusantivirus, virus, virus scan, malware, virus scanner
- cognitive biasesconfirmation bias, anchoring bias, negativity bias, framing effect, optimism bias
heuristicalgorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
algorithmic · brute force · deterministic · methodical · step-by-step
heuristicguaranteed
Promised with certainty
exact · definitive · certain · exhaustive · perfect
heuristicanalytical
Examining parts methodically
deductive · rigorous · formal · theoretical · systematic