Sentences with phrase «heuristic rules»

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One idea is that they are based on heuristics — mental rules of thumb which, applied in appropriate situations, allow us to make fast decisions with minimal cognitive effort.

Heuristics contain a stopping rule, often ending the search after only a few cues have been considered.

Perhaps the fastest and most frugal rule of thumb is the Recognition heuristic.

A heuristic contains rules that direct the search.

Rather than using all the information available and calculating the best decision, they argued, the human mind relies on «quick and dirty» heuristics, mental shortcuts or rules of thumb, to make decisions.

Biases arise because of our use of heuristics, or rules of thumb, to govern much of our daily decision - making.

This is a great example of how «heuristics» - our little rules of thumb that guide our decision - making - often trick us into not making the best decision.

We often supplement factual decisions for ones based on emotions, biases and «heuristics» (rules of thumb).

This heuristic approach applies four rules.

In today's world, beliefs vary because of the continuing use by the builders of our models of intuitive rules of thumb called «heuristics» in discrimination of the one correct inference from among the many inferences that are candidates for being made by the model.

An alternative to identification of the one correct inference by the principles of reasoning is to select it by one of the intuitive rules of thumb that are called «heuristics.»

Most have selected it by an intuitive rule of thumb that is called a «heuristic.»

Heuristic methods represent a «rule of thumb» or trial and error approach toward problem solving based on discovery and experimentation.

That research eventually yielded heuristics, or rules of thumb, that have now become well - known shorthand expressions for specific flaws in our intuitive thinking.

Cognitive theory contends that solutions to problems take the form of algorithms — rules that are not necessarily understood but promise a solution, or heuristics — rules that are understood but that do not always guarantee solutions.