Heuristic (computer science)

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Heuristic (computer science)

Quality:

Heuristic - type of algorithm that may sometimes fail or produce an approximate, incorrect, or suboptimal result. Article "Heuristic (computer science)" in English Wikipedia has 25.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 11 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Heuristic (computer science)", its content was written by 157 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 408 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 285 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1018 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1501 in December 2004
  • Global: #8456 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #27524 in April 2015
  • Global: #40725 in April 2015

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Hebrew (he)
אלגוריתם היוריסטי
27.6795
2English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
25.7384
3Serbian (sr)
Heuristika (informatika)
18.29
4Romanian (ro)
Euristică
17.896
5Arabic (ar)
تجريبية (خوارزميات)
17.3003
6Indonesian (id)
Heuristik (ilmu komputer)
11.3391
7Polish (pl)
Heurystyka (informatyka)
10.7983
8French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
10.7607
9Catalan (ca)
Algorisme heurístic
10.6302
10Persian (fa)
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
10.371
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Heuristic (computer science)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
3 117 587
2Russian (ru)
Эвристический алгоритм
479 694
3Polish (pl)
Heurystyka (informatyka)
445 220
4French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
259 225
5Portuguese (pt)
Heurística (computação)
232 237
6Italian (it)
Algoritmo euristico
147 200
7Chinese (zh)
启发式算法
73 993
8Turkish (tr)
Sezgisel algoritma
61 768
9Czech (cs)
Heuristické algoritmy
46 869
10Persian (fa)
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
43 901
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Heuristic (computer science)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
7 052
2Russian (ru)
Эвристический алгоритм
954
3Polish (pl)
Heurystyka (informatyka)
912
4French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
859
5Chinese (zh)
启发式算法
804
6Italian (it)
Algoritmo euristico
332
7Portuguese (pt)
Heurística (computação)
262
8Romanian (ro)
Euristică
176
9Czech (cs)
Heuristické algoritmy
129
10Ukrainian (uk)
Евристичний алгоритм
107
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Heuristic (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
157
2Italian (it)
Algoritmo euristico
27
3French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
26
4Russian (ru)
Эвристический алгоритм
23
5Polish (pl)
Heurystyka (informatyka)
22
6Portuguese (pt)
Heurística (computação)
22
7Persian (fa)
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
19
8Chinese (zh)
启发式算法
18
9Turkish (tr)
Sezgisel algoritma
16
10Czech (cs)
Heuristické algoritmy
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Heuristic (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Algorisme heurístic
1
2Czech (cs)
Heuristické algoritmy
1
3Thai (th)
การแก้ปัญหาแบบศึกษาสำนึก
1
4Arabic (ar)
تجريبية (خوارزميات)
0
5English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
0
6Persian (fa)
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
0
7French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
0
8Hebrew (he)
אלגוריתם היוריסטי
0
9Indonesian (id)
Heuristik (ilmu komputer)
0
10Italian (it)
Algoritmo euristico
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Heuristic (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Heuristic (computer science)
285
2French (fr)
Heuristique (mathématiques)
212
3Polish (pl)
Heurystyka (informatyka)
95
4Persian (fa)
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
73
5Ukrainian (uk)
Евристичний алгоритм
60
6Russian (ru)
Эвристический алгоритм
59
7Italian (it)
Algoritmo euristico
38
8Arabic (ar)
تجريبية (خوارزميات)
31
9Chinese (zh)
启发式算法
31
10Romanian (ro)
Euristică
24
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تجريبية (خوارزميات)
caCatalan
Algorisme heurístic
csCzech
Heuristické algoritmy
enEnglish
Heuristic (computer science)
faPersian
الگوریتم جستجوی کاشف
frFrench
Heuristique (mathématiques)
heHebrew
אלגוריתם היוריסטי
idIndonesian
Heuristik (ilmu komputer)
itItalian
Algoritmo euristico
plPolish
Heurystyka (informatyka)
ptPortuguese
Heurística (computação)
roRomanian
Euristică
ruRussian
Эвристический алгоритм
srSerbian
Heuristika (informatika)
svSwedish
Heuristik (datalogi)
thThai
การแก้ปัญหาแบบศึกษาสำนึก
trTurkish
Sezgisel algoritma
ukUkrainian
Евристичний алгоритм
zhChinese
启发式算法

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27524
04.2015
Global:
#40725
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1501
12.2004
Global:
#8456
12.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Heuristic from Wikipedia articles about Heuristic, HAL 9000, Algorithm, A* search algorithm and Metaheuristic. Whereas reading the article about Heuristic people most often go to Wikipedia articles on NP-hardness, Travelling salesperson problem, Heuristic, A* search algorithm and Greedy algorithm.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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