heuristic search

a search through a problem space that is optimized by the use of strategies that reduce the number of possible paths to a solution that need to be attempted. See best-first search.

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December 23rd 2024

criminal commitment

the confinement of people in mental institutions either because they have been found not guilty by reason of insanity or to establish their competency to stand trial as responsible defendants.