Heuristics is a term that denotes the use of common-sense rules, gleaned from experience, to solve problems. In computer science, heuristics is the basis of heuristic programming, a branch of artificial intelligence and computer science concerned with...

The term applied to describe a method of problem solving through the exploration of a set of possibilities rather than by following a specific set of rules. Teaching methods that are heuristic are those that allow the pupil or student to discover or...

. Concerning discovery, as against proof. Heuristics is the study of methods and discovery. A heuristic is a procedure for achieving a result which does not consist simply in applying certain general rules which are guaranteed to lead to the result in...

Using a process of discovery, of trial and error, to discover the truth. This approach is central to the use of computation in...

A heuristic is a method to help solve a problem, commonly informal. It is particularly used for a method that often rapidly leads to a solution that is usually reasonably close to the best possible answer. Heuristics are "rules of thumb", educated...

INTRODUCTION The World Wide Web has grown rapidly and has become a widely used means of communication. Yet little is known about "what works" in Web site design. Designers of any communication system, product, or policy try to apply the best available...

Experimental psychology has demonstrated that the most significant assumptions of rational choice economic theory are often violated in real life situations because people rely on a limited number of rules of thumb or heuristics to make their selections. The heuristic judgement theory model has...

GUT FEELINGS: THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE UNCONSCIOUSBy Gerd Gigerenzer Viking, 280 pages, $25.95 Readers who found Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink stronger on anecdote than analysis will welcome this incisive study by a psychologist whose research provided one of the bases for Mr. Gladwell’s best seller. Gerd...