Solution Guidelines,or Rules of Thumb,that Find Feasible-But Not Necessarily the Best-Solutions

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Solution guidelines,or rules of thumb,that find feasible-but not necessarily the best-solutions to problems are called heuristics.

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Definitions:

Geometric Mean

The central tendency of a set of numbers that is calculated by taking the nth root (where n is the count of numbers) of the product of the values.

Weighted Mean

The mean obtained by assigning each observation a weight that reflects its importance.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numerical values divided by the number of values, commonly referred to as the average.

Standard Deviations

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of numbers, showing how much variation exists from the average.