单词 | heuristics |
释义 | heuristicsn. With singular agreement. 1. The search for and collation of source materials in historical or archaeological research; the rules or methods of this. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > problem-solving techniques heuristics1898 1898 School Rev. 6 739 For every side of it [sc. historical research] we have a high sounding name, heuristics, diplomatics, epigraphics, palæographics, [etc.]. 1931 M. E. Curti in S. A. Rice Methods in Social Sci. xxiii. 356 His interest in heuristics..has led him to contribute as much, probably, as any other contemporary scholar. 1945 Pacific Northwest Q. 36 177 Six chapters..are devoted to heuristics... All manner of sources—books, records, newspapers, private papers—are discussed in considerable detail. 2012 G. Lucas Understanding Archaeol. Rec. ii. 52 The important issue remained one of archaeological heuristics. 2. The study or use of heuristic methods in problem-solving, decision-making, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] > process of heuristics1946 heuristic1957 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > branches of logic analytic?1566 metalogic1842 alethiology1852 stoicheiologya1856 heuristic1860 psycho-logic1912 criteriology1934 conventionalism1938 imperative logic1939 heuristics1946 1946 Synthese 5 144 The study of heuristics, i.e. the enquiry into the general method of solving problems in mathematics has been recently revived by G. Polya. 1963 Times 8 June 11/2 Whether every manager needs to know about cybernetics, econometrics, and heuristics is arguable. 1987 T. Nickles in N. J. Nersessian Process of Sci. 47 Work in artificial intelligence has done much to show that heuristics is a legitimate methodological concept. 1998 M. Kaku Visions iii. 60 One of the earliest branches of heuristics which has actually exceeded human abilities is the chess-playing machine. 2009 O. Kullmann in A. Biere et al. Handbk. Satisfiability 205 The whole field of ‘heuristics’ is very diverse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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