The study of heuristic methods and principles.(noun)
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Use "heuristics" in a sentence
"None of these heuristics is perfect, but they're all better than nothing."
"So they use certain heuristics and trust certain sources to indicate what they should think about a complex bill."
"I liked the suggestion above of strategy dealing with long-term heuristics and tactics dealing with the local level where those heuristics break down."