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Sandewall (1969), following Feigenbaum and Feldman (1963), defines a heuristic method as a device that drastically limits search for solutions in large problem spaces.

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Date: 1969-05 · event Records dated 1969 →

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Concepts and Methods for Heuristic Search

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“Following Feigenbaum and Feldman (1963), we define a heuristic method as a device which drastically limits search for solutions in large problem spaces.”

Location in source PDF p. 1, section 1, Introduction

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Authors: Erik J Sandewall
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 75684bb19bf24ddd28827c0eca5d162e67f2969a868156277b97f220e35ba851). Proceedings PDF as hosted by ijcai.org (IJCAI 1969, paper 21, pp. 199–218)
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Language: English (en)
Attribution: Erik J Sandewall, “Concepts and Methods for Heuristic Search”.
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