Rule

Of mathematics and process.   May also be referred to as formula.

(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials".

This concept's ID is @1~31760

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  • algorithm 2 facts

    A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.

  • heuristic 1 facts

    A commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some...

  • metarule 0 facts

    A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).

  • recursion 0 facts

    (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular...