heuristic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heuristic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for heuristic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heuristic adj of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation Antonym(s): algorithmic n a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem Synonym(s): heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heuristic \Heu*ris"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] to discover.] Serving to discover or find out.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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. 2. {approximation algorithm}. (2001-04-12)