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heuristic

learning or discovering by trial-and-error or experiment;
using feedback, self-teaching, or best-guess methods;
exploratory; plausible without guarantee of accuracy

Sightings:

Some plain-spoken explanations:
The joy of discovery — a route toward the unknown — knowing by trying — self-learning programs — change when necessary — educated guesses

The "Hispanics" are coming! Response to a debate on immigration

Solution not guaranteed

Disillusioned with dogma

Like finding moths among your woolens?

Intuition has its drawbacks

Considering the obvious — methods of web-site evaluation

Theatrical discoveries

What makes a good game ?

The nature of Karma — a heuristic approximation ?

Applied heuristics: the traveling salesman problem — the tic-tac-toe problem

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