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a) Algorithms are accurate but laborious; heuristics are faster but prone to error
b) Algorithms are based on a descriptive model; heuristics are based on a normative model.
c) Algorithms are always preferable to heuristics because they are always correct.
d) Heuristics are always preferable to algorithms because they are much more efficient.

A

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