metaheuristic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.

Word forms

metaheuristic metaheuristics

Etymology

From meta- + heuristic.

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