Which knowledge are rules of thumb: Factual knowledge or heuristic?

[shivajikobardan]

Homework Statement

factual vs heurtistic knowledge in artificial intelligence

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really confused at this. which is rule of thumb? some slides say heuristic is rule of thumb whereas others say factual knowledge is rule of thumb. the context of this is architecture/block diagram of expert system.
i think heuristic knowledge should be called rule of thumb. but i am not sure.

 

[BvU]

How is an answer to your question useful ? It's not as if there is an impenetrable barrier between these categories. In addition, both are language, which almost by definition makes them vague.

What's your confusion ?

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[FactChecker]

All those terms are vague. The slides you mention are using one vague term to try to clarify another vague term. IMO, a better description is that a "rule of thumb" is something that is not always true but is true often enough to use it for reasonable guidance.

 

[shivajikobardan]

All those terms are vague. The slides you mention are using one vague term to try to clarify another vague term. IMO, a better description is that a "rule of thumb" is something that is not always true but is true often enough to use it for reasonable guidance.

so heuristic it is.