English-Swedish translations for heuristic

• heuristisk
• heuristik en

Definition of heuristic

• That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; not following or derived from any theory.
• That solves a problem more quickly but is not certain to arrive at an optimal solution
• That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving
• A heuristic method.
• A technique designed for solving a problem when classic methods are too slow or fail to find any exact solution

Related words

• heuristics
• heuristically
• metaheuristic
• metaheuristics
• heuristic method