From: h.jurjus@hetnet.nl   
      
   "Don Geddis"  wrote in message   
   news:bhrmcm$2g3$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU...   
   > nileppez@postmaster.co.uk (nileppez) writes:   
   > > >From the book 'Artificial Intelligence' by Rich & Knight.   
   > > It is:   
   > > The study of techniques for solving exponentially hard problems   
   > > in polynomial time by exploiting knowledge about the problem domain.   
   >   
   > That's not a great definition, but it's an interesting one to consider.   
   >   
   > > What i don't get is that dictionary.com says polynomial = double.   
   >   
   > No it doesn't.  First of all, "polynomial" doesn't mean "double".   
      
   Perhaps he meant "doable" = feasible, can be done in a   
   reasonable amount of time ?   
      
   Cheers,   
   Herman Jurjus   
      
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