In mathematical optimization and computer science, heuristic (from Greek εὑρίσκω "I find, discover") is a technique designed for problem solving more...
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abstractions (computer science) Refinement for the opposite of abstraction in computing Integer (computer science) Heuristic (computer science) Colburn, Timothy;...
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heuristic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A heuristic is a kind of method for solving a problem. Heuristic may also refer to: Heuristic (computer...
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distance vector algorithm OSPF uses the Dijkstra algorithm. Heuristic (computer science) Ford–Fulkerson algorithm Bellman–Ford algorithm Turn restriction...
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A heuristic or heuristic technique (problem solving, mental shortcut, rule of thumb) is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method...
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Divide-and-conquer algorithm (redirect from Divide and conquer (computer science))
of mathematical proof MapReduce – Parallel programming model Heuristic (computer science) – Type of algorithm, produces approximately correct solutions...
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and computer simulations. In contrast, informal models are verbal descriptions. List of formal models of heuristics: Elimination by aspects heuristic Fast-and-frugal...
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The representativeness heuristic is used when making judgments about the probability of an event being representional in character and essence of a known...
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Quantum computing (redirect from Quantum computer science)
logic gates and no measurements. Quantum parallelism is the heuristic that quantum computers can be thought of as evaluating a function for multiple input...
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In computer science, specifically in algorithms related to pathfinding, a heuristic function is said to be admissible if it never overestimates the cost...
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HAL 9000 (redirect from Heuristically programmed algorithmic computer 9000)
2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) is a sentient artificial general intelligence computer that controls the systems...
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This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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Dendral (redirect from Heuristic dendral)
1960s, and the computer software expert system that it produced. Its primary aim was to study hypothesis formation and discovery in science. For that, a...
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The availability heuristic, also known as availability bias, is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind...
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In cryptography, the Fiat–Shamir heuristic is a technique for taking an interactive proof of knowledge and creating a digital signature based on it. This...
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Greedy algorithm (redirect from Greedy heuristic)
A greedy algorithm is any algorithm that follows the problem-solving heuristic of making the locally optimal choice at each stage. In many problems, a...
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billion Krestovsky Stadium in St Petersburg = 548% Admissible heuristic – Computer science pathfinding concept Benefit shortfall – When the actual benefits...
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In competitive two-player games, the killer heuristic is a move-ordering method based on the observation that a strong move or small set of such moves...
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statistics, computer science, information science, and domain knowledge. However, data science is different from computer science and information science. Turing...
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Computer Othello refers to computer architecture encompassing computer hardware and computer software capable of playing the game of Othello. It was notably...
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guide to human–computer interaction: Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) – the intersection of computer science and behavioral sciences — this field involves...
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Supercomputer (redirect from Super computer)
2011. Joshi, Rajani R. (9 June 1998). "A new heuristic algorithm for probabilistic optimization". Computers & Operations Research. 24 (7): 687–697. doi:10...
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In computer science, beam search is a heuristic search algorithm that explores a graph by expanding the most promising node in a limited set. Beam search...
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Psychology (redirect from Computer simulations in psychology)
catalog of biases which recur frequently in human thought. The availability heuristic, for example, is the tendency to overestimate the importance of something...
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Elbow method (clustering) (category Computer science stubs)
In cluster analysis, the elbow method is a heuristic used in determining the number of clusters in a data set. The method consists of plotting the explained...
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A* search algorithm (category Heuristic algorithms)
traversal and pathfinding algorithm that is used in many fields of computer science due to its completeness, optimality, and optimal efficiency. Given...
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A hyper-heuristic is a heuristic search method that seeks to automate, often by the incorporation of machine learning techniques, the process of selecting...
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theorems from the bottom up using automated reasoning techniques such as heuristic search. Such automated theorem provers have proved a number of new results...
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Hayashi, Chikio (1998). "What is Data Science ? Fundamental Concepts and a Heuristic Example". Data Science, Classification, and Related Methods. Studies...
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A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those...
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