Solve the Constrained Problem
What solution works under the constraints that actually exist?
Situation
The theoretically correct solution is expensive, slow or incompatible with real constraints.
The idea
Real problems are defined partly by deadlines, latency, resources, incomplete data and other constraints. A theoretically imperfect approximation may solve the actual problem better.
Useful when
Engineering trade-offsdeadlinesprototypesresource constraints
Watch for
“Pragmatic” shouldn't become an excuse for ignoring requirements that genuinely determine success. Sometimes complexity really is necessary.
Where this came from
Pommerman, Competitions, Applied machine learning