Книга: Heuristics: Occam's Razor, Heuristic Argument, Forensic Science, Principle of Least Astonishment, Baconian Method, Satisficing

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Occam's Razor, Heuristic Argument, Forensic Science, Principle of Least Astonishment, Baconian Method, Satisficing, Simulated Annealing, Evaluation Function, Scientific Enterprise, Metaheuristic, Parsimony, Scientific Consensus, Hyper-Heuristic, How to Solve It, Trial and Error, Representativeness Heuristic, Extremal Optimization, Simulation Heuristic, Familiarity Heuristic, Multiple Discovery, Guided Local Search, Availability Heuristic, Cross-Entropy Method, Similarity Heuristic, Reactive Search Optimization, Anchoring, Teachable Moment, Affect Heuristic, Graduated Optimization, Money Illusion, Duck Test, Eurisko, Parallel Tempering, Rippling, Null-Move Heuristic, Human Biocomputer, Heuristic Algorithm, M-Ratio, Pollen Calendar, Consistent Heuristic, the Purpose of a System Is What It Does, Heroic Theory of Invention and Scientific Development, Littlewood's Three Principles of Real Analysis, Recognition Heuristic, Admissible Heuristic, Killer Heuristic, Cognitive Inertia, Emergent Algorithm, Working Backward From the Goal, Contagion Heuristic, Peak-End Rule, Gaze Heuristic, Self-Organising Heuristic, Take-The-Best Heuristic, How to Solve It by Computer. Excerpt: Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) is the meta-theoretical principle that 'entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity' (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem) and the conclusion thereof, that the simplest solution is usually the correct one. The principle is attributed to 14th-century English logician, theologian and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Occam's razor may be alternatively phrased as pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate ('plurality should not be posited without necessity'). The principle is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae (transl... More: booksllc.net/?id=36797