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Heuristics
a method for problem solving or decision making that arrives at solutions through exploratory means such as experimentation, trial and error, or evaluation
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Initial allocation compensation algorithm for redundancy allocation: The scanning heuristic
1. Introduction The manufacturing yield and operating reliability of a complex system can be enhanced with three main approaches: i adding redundancies to vulnerable components; ii increasing the robustness of the weak components themselves; and iii simplifying the system configuration (Kuoet al., 2001; Ha and Kuo, 2005). Among the...
Tags: algorithm, allocation, alphA, bound, compensation, computation, Delta, Engineering, heuristics, IEEE, performance
Research articles 2008-07-01
Centralized Planning for Multiple Exploratory Robots
A computer program automatically generates plans for a group of robotic vehicles rovers engaged in geological exploration of terrain. The program rapidly generates multiple command sequences that can be executed simultaneously by the rovers. Starting from a set of high-level goals, the program creates a sequence of commands for each...
Tags: California Institute of Technology, hardware, heuristics, robot, software
Research articles 2005-05-01
Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction
Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent IntroductionHeuristics and BiasesThis view on decision analysis and decision making is long overdue in the business world. We have worshipped at the altar of "hard numbers" for the past thirty years and have, for the most part, neglected the reality that people filter and use...
Tags: Biases, heuristics
Discussion threads 2007-07-18
The Perennial Struggle: Analysis vs. Intuition
Another day, another decision -- should you go with your gut or rule by the numbers? Jack Welch earned his spot as one of America's most-admired chiefs by virtue of his "uncanny instincts." (As hinted by his bestselling book, Jack: Straight from the Gut.) Meanwhile, the McKinsey Global Institute annual...
Tags: Software, Finance, Andrew Hines, Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Analysis, Instinct, Heuristics, Intuition
Blog posts 2007-06-04
Strategic Flexibility in R&D: how to use project selection to prepare for an unpredictable future
Project selection is a critical lever in increasing the effectiveness of the research function in technology-driven companies. As a consequence, there is no shortage of analytical frameworks to help guide R&D managers in making project selection choices. From relatively simple qualitative algorithms to complex financial return models, the aim is...
Tags: heuristics, Jupiter Research, R&D, Strategy, technology, Technology
Research articles 2004-05-01
STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY IN R&D
How to use project selection to prepare for an unpredictable future.OVERVIEW: Managers choosing which R&D projects to fund typically rely on rank-ordering heuristics when other valuation methods are not applicable. These heuristics are powerful, but they have a number of limitations, among them: they overlook the impact of each project...
Tags: heuristics, Jupiter Research, Strategy
Research articles 2004-05-01
Scheduling hybrid flowshops in printed circuit board assembly lines
SCHEDULING HYBRID FLOWSHOPS IN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY LINES* We treat a three-stage hybrid flowshop for the production of printed circuit boards PcB, suggested to us by a real-life production situation. The problem is to determine a schedule that minimizes the makespan for a given demand profile over a finite...
Tags: algorithm, board, Computer Associates International Inc., Engineering, G., heuristics, Hybrid, Japan, M., North Carolina State University, professor, Raleigh, Technology
Research articles 2002-07-01
Cognitive psychology and optimal government design.(administrative law)
INTRODUCTION Good government must avoid bad decisions. Because contemporary governments tend to undertake an ambitious range of social and economic regulation, they can do tremendous damage by adopting wasteful programs. Even casual observation reveals that some political systems avoid improvident public policy choices...
Tags: agency, Barry, benefit, Cornell, Environmental, heuristics, knowledge, legislator, M., president, psychology, regulation, Richard, Robert, staff, statute, strategy, theory, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-01-01
ESET's Advanced Heuristics Technology Validated by Independent Test; AV-Comparatives Report Reveals ESET's Combination of Strong Proactive Heuristics and Daily Signature Updates Most Effective in Combating Malware
SAN DIEGO -- ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced further validation of its ThreatSenseR advanced heuristics technology based on the results of a recent test conducted by AV-Comparatives. The results reveal that more frequent antivirus signature updates do not necessarily provide greater protection against malware and cannot...
Tags: antivirus, heuristics, malware
Research articles 2006-09-07
Behavioral Law.(Books and Reports)
MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) has published "Heuristics and the Law," a clothbound book that accepts that neither lawbreakers nor law officers behave as the "hyper-rational beings postulated by rational choice," MIT said, and that our MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) has published "Heuristics and the Law,"...
Tags: Books, heuristics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research articles 2007-01-01
Building Negotiation Decision Support Systems By Integrating Game Theory And Heuristics
Negotiation is considered in general very context sensitive. Since the research laboratory has successfully developed decision support systems in Australian Family Law, the domain expertise are used to construct a variety of Family Law negotiation support systems. Family_Winner uses point allocation and heuristics to advice upon structuring the mediation process...
Tags: Game, Heuristics, Victoria University, Negotiation, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2004-06-07
What Are Your Biases and Heuristics?
The article states that heuristics and biases are ubiquitous because they are innate to human. They apply to customers, colleagues, executives, investors, and any other category to which we assign human beings. To better understand how people's distortions, shortcuts, and biases affect how you market to various stakeholders, one should...
Tags: Heuristics, MarketingProfs, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management
White papers 2003-07-22

Additional Resources

Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction
My friend Elie Yudkowsky, an extraordinary thinker from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, gave me a copy of his paper Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks.It is the single best discussion of heuristics and biases within the framework of cognitive psychology I've read. I highly recommend you...
Tags: General, Ben Casnocha, Elie Yudkowsky
Blog posts 2007-05-27
Do Managers' Heuristics Affect R&D Performance Volatility?
R&D performance volatility plays a critical role in various industries. Prior work in the innovation and product development literature has examined the factors influencing various dimensions of R&D performance. However, still little is known about the volatility of R&D output over time at the firm level. This paper uses a...
Tags: R&D, R&D Performance Volatility, Research & Development, Product Development, Business Operations
White papers 2006-02-12
Heuristics and Usability Guidelines for the Creation and Evaluation of Fun in Video Games
This study examines the implicit and explicit heuristics and usability evaluation processes utilized by a leading game developer. Five people from a single game team, each contributing in a different way to the game development process, were observed for one business day and interviewed. At the time of this study,...
Tags: Team, Video Game, Video, Games, Personal Technology
White papers 2002-12-01
Eset Expands Its Unmatched Advanced Heuristics-Based Virus Protection to a Wide Range of Web-Based and Application Malware
Eset, a global provider of next-generation virus protection, today announced the availability of the newest version of its flagship product, NOD32, which extends Eset's state of the art heuristics detection capabilities to defend against Web-based viruses and Trojans, macro viruses hiding in embedded Microsoft Office files, and the latest malware...
Tags: malware, virus, virus protection
Research articles 2004-09-27
BitDefender Launches Next Generation of Heuristic Detection; BitDefender Includes Industries Most Advanced Heuristics Engine in Forthcoming Products
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- BitDefenderR, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced B-HAVE Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments, its next generation of heuristic detection technology, will be included in all future BitDefender products. BitDefender's unique heuristics technology has helped establish BitDefender as a leader in...
Research articles 2006-05-02
Information + Graphics Systems, Inc. and Bolder Heuristics Inc. Announce a Merger
BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 1998--Information + Graphics Systems, Inc. and Bolder Heuristics Inc. announce a merger of their companies. This merger joins together two Boulder companies specializing in the development of information technology products and services with an emphasis in the communications industry. The business drivers for the merger...
Tags: Graphics Systems Inc.
Research articles 1998-09-24
Best of Ben - Popular Posts from the Archives
Many months ago Breck Yuntis at Duke University asked me if I had a "Best of" list for this blog. I've been blogging since June 2004 and have posted 1,011 times. One of the problems with the reverse chronological nature of blogs is that the "best" posts aren't necessarily promoted...
Tags: Blogging, Formal Book Review, third world
Blog posts 2007-02-03
Portfolio Optimization, Heuristics and The ‘Butterfly Effect'
The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why and to offer one reasonable alternative: a portfolio heuristic. A portfolio optimizer is a solution algorithm used to determine the optimal or very best solution given a set of information inputs. A portfolio heuristic is a solution algorithm used...
Tags: Algorithm, Butterfly, Optimization, Financial Planning Association, Portfolio Optimizer, Engineering
White papers 2000-02-01
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