Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from...
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Creative problem-solving (CPS) is the mental process of searching for an original and previously unknown solution to a problem. To qualify, the solution...
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perspectives and different ideas when it comes to problem solving. D2: Describe the Problem: Specify the problem by identifying in quantifiable terms the who...
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impossibility of solving the problem with straightedge and compass. 21st-century researchers have extended this problem and the methods used to solve it to mirrors...
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A3 problem solving is a structured problem-solving and continuous-improvement approach, first employed at Toyota and typically used by lean manufacturing...
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cooperative distributed problem solving is a network of semi-autonomous processing nodes working together to solve a problem, typically in a multi-agent...
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General Problem Solver (GPS) is a computer program created in 1957 by Herbert A. Simon, J. C. Shaw, and Allen Newell (RAND Corporation) intended to work...
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The Problem Solvers Caucus is a group in the United States House of Representatives that has included members equally divided between Democrats and Republicans...
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Rock Problem Solvers Caucus, in U.S. politics Problem solving This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Problem Solvers. If an...
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practical applications can be solved much more quickly. See §Algorithms for solving SAT below. Like the satisfiability problem for arbitrary formulas, determining...
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Eureka effect (redirect from Insight problem)
insight-solving from non-insight solving (by asking the respondent to describe how they solved the problem, for example), the risk that non-insight solving has...
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Richard Feynman (redirect from Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm)
edited and supplemented in 2005 with Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics by Michael Gottlieb and...
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the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica offered prizes for steps in solving the problem. Notable contributions were made by George Dantzig, Delbert Ray Fulkerson...
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"The Problem Solvers" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 63rd overall episode of the...
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Richard Rusczyk (redirect from Art of Problem Solving)
founder and chief executive officer of Art of Problem Solving Inc. and a co-author of the Art of Problem Solving textbooks. Rusczyk was a national Mathcounts...
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In planning and policy, a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements...
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Ricochet Robots (section Problem-solving implications)
complex problem solving techniques, it has been the subject of academic study. The study, argues that Ricochet Robots is a good game to analyze problem solving...
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examples of Fermi problems with solutions: Harte, John (1988). Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving. University Science...
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"Complexity, Problem Solving, and Sustainable Societies" is a paper on energy economics by Joseph Tainter from 1996. It focuses on the energy cost of problem solving...
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chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with...
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As a problem-structuring and problem-solving technique, morphological analysis was designed for multi-dimensional, non-quantifiable problems where causal...
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general, to use mathematics for solving a real-world problem, the first step is to construct a mathematical model of the problem. This involves abstraction...
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Social problem-solving, in its most basic form, is defined as problem solving as it occurs in the natural environment. More specifically it refers to the...
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TRIZ (redirect from Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)
lit. 'theory of inventive problem solving') is a methodology that combines an organized, systematic method of problem-solving with analysis and forecasting...
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problem in computer science If the solution to a problem is easy to check for correctness, must the problem be easy to solve? More unsolved problems in...
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Team building (redirect from Group problem solving activities)
Team Problem Solving · Team Problem Solving is the members within a team coming to a conclusive yet innovative solution to the problem at hand...
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Thought (category Unsolved problems in neuroscience)
most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation; but other mental processes, like considering an...
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may be solved either numerically or symbolically. Solving an equation numerically means that only numbers are admitted as solutions. Solving an equation...
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been proposed to remove ghosting in the medical images. The iterative problem solving method is a ghost correction algorithm that removes ghosting that occurs...
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Means–ends analysis (redirect from Problem-solving as search)
Means–ends analysis (MEA) is a problem solving technique used commonly in artificial intelligence (AI) for limiting search in AI programs. It is also...
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