Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
heuristics
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In contrast, expert systems rely heavily on heuristics, or rules of thumb, which are much less formal.
▪ It is as if neural networks are developing their own heuristics as they go through the iterations.
▪ It is possible, however, to perform some heuristics on known dangers.
▪ They are computer programs pumped full of plain old knowledge and heuristics lore from experts who lend their wisdom.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
heuristics
"study of heuristic methods," 1897, from heuristic (n.); also see -ics.
Wiktionary
heuristics
n. The study of heuristic methods and principles.
Usage examples of "heuristics".
The Gabriel possessed the decisional maximum, a nanosecond heuristics with branches to 1032, the cardinal number of the combinatorial set.