Editing Heuristic (section)

===Meta-heuristic===
{{Main|Metaheuristic}}
{{Broader|List of metaphor-based metaheuristics}}

* ''Optimality''<ref name=opt01>{{cite journal
| last1 = Schoemaker
| first1 = Paul
| date = 1991
| title = The quest for optimality: A positive heuristic of science?
| url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/the-quest-for-optimality-a-positive-heuristic-of-science/0A56CEFA30BC66B72B121C80487A5F3F
| journal = Behavioral and Brain Sciences
| volume = 14
| issue = 2
| pages = 205–245
| doi = 10.1017/S0140525X00066140
| access-date = 27 July 2024
|quote=As with any heuristic (Tversky & Kahneman 1974), however, the optimality approach is prone to systematic biases{{nbsp}}[...] {{ubl|1. ''Posing a why question''{{nbsp}}... |2. ''Bounding the domain of inquiry''{{nbsp}}... |3. ''Selection of salient features''{{nbsp}}... |4. ''Teleological description of the system''{{nbsp}}... |5. ''Search for the optimal solution''{{nbsp}}... |6. ''Empirical comparisons''{{nbsp}}... |7. ''Further refinement of the model''{{nbsp}}... |8. ''Generation of new hypotheses''{{nbsp}}[...] Survival of the fittest, which is perhaps the grandest of all optimality principles, was formulated as a qualitative, conceptual cornerstone in Darwin's (1859) theory of evolution. Entropy and least action principles are other broad optimality laws{{nbsp}}[...] Equilibrium notions and homeostatic behavior can also be interpreted as general optimality principles, covering wide domains of application.}} }}</ref>
** {{Annotated link|Survival of the fittest}}<ref name=opt01/>
** {{Annotated link|Mechanical equilibrium}}<ref name=opt01/>
** {{Annotated link|Chemical equilibrium}}<ref name=opt01/>
** {{Annotated link|Homeostasis}}<ref name=opt01/>
** {{Annotated link|Entropy}}<ref name=opt01/>