{"articles":{"heuristic@computational-statistical-methods":{"content":"<p>A heuristic is an informal rule of thumb that is followed in a method. Although not grounded in theory, the rule is based on some intuition or insight that makes us hope that following it will lead us to a valid optimization procedure.</p>","names":[[["Heuristic",""]],[["Heuristic rule",""]]]}},"style":"Note"}