What is a heuristic?
A simple and quickly implemented solution to a problem.
heuristic explained in plain English
A simple and quickly implemented solution to a problem. For example, "With a heuristic, we achieved 86% accuracy. When we switched to a deep neural network, accuracy went up to 98%."
Example
Practitioners refer to heuristic when building, training, or evaluating machine learning systems. It appears in research papers, product documentation, and technical discussions about AI capabilities and limitations.
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