HEURISTIC PROGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heuristic program mean? 

• HEURISTIC PROGRAM (noun)
  The noun HEURISTIC PROGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

  Familiarity information: HEURISTIC PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEURISTIC PROGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

heuristic; heuristic program; heuristic rule

Hypernyms ("heuristic program" is a kind of...):

formula; rule ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heuristic program"):

lateral thinking (a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on)