Types Of Problems

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require reasoning built on knowledge and experience, and a process of trial and error. Solutions that cannot be reached through a direct set of steps are called heuristic solutions.
The problem solver can use the six steps for both algorithmic and heuristic solutions. However, in step 6, evaluating the solution, the correctness and appropriateness of heuristic solutions are far less certain. It's easy to tell if your completed checkbook balance is correct and satisfactory, but it's hard to tell if you've bought the best stock. With heuristic solutions, the problem solver will often need to follow the six steps more than once, carefully evaluating each possible solution before deciding which is best. Furthermore, this same solution may not be correct and satisfactory at another time, so the problem solver may have to reevaluate and resolve the same problem later. The stock that did well in january may do poorly in June.
Most problems require a combination of the two kinds of ...

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