Difficulty in the "Hiking Monk Problem" Is Usually a Result

question 7

Multiple Choice

Difficulty in the "hiking monk problem" is usually a result of how you set the problem up. This is called ________.

• A) the representation problem
• B) functional fixedness
• C) an algorithm
• D) a heuristic

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Definitions:

Incremental Analysis

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