2.?.? (Heuristics and Pipelining)

Question 1

What is Heuristic problem solving?

Answer 1

• Taking an educated guess rather than looking at all possibilities
• When it’s unfeasible to look at all eventualities
• Which leads to a “Good enough” solution

Question 2

What is Pipelining?

Answer 2

• Completing subtasks simultaneously
• Using the output from one subtask as the input to another

Question 3

What is Visualising data?

Answer 3

• Representing data visually to make it easier to understand

Question 4

What are some examples of visualising data?

Answer 4

• Nightingale’s Diagram of the causes of mortality
• Diagram of cholera deaths
• Diagram of damaged areas on surviving war planes