heuristic

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The Merton share is just a heuristic, but the main point is that investors should have a simple, rules-based framework in mind when thinking about sizing.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

"What's so cool about this is that it adjusts to each person's internal dynamics without any tuning or heuristic adjustments, which is a huge difference from a lot of work in the field," Young said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Still, scientific support for Mori’s uncanny valley has been mixed, and it should be thought of as a heuristic rather than a hard and fast rule, says MacDorman.

From National Geographic • Sep. 29, 2023

But Kollar-Kotelly suggested that the statement may just be a "heuristic" and that the legal effect may be more narrow.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2023

It needed heuristic value to survive, and this was lacking.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas