Granularity

Refers to the basic size of units that can be manipulated. Often refers to the level of detail or abstraction at which a particular problem is analyzed. One characteristic of human intelligence, Jerry R. Hobbs has pointed out, is the ability to conceptualize a world at different levels of granularity (complexity) and to move among them in considering problems and situations. The simpler the problem, the coarser the grain can be and still provide effective solutions to the problem.


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Granularity, Refers to the basic size of units that can be manipulated. Often refers to the level of detail or abstraction at which a particular problem is analyzed. One characteristic of human intelligence, Jerry R. Hobbs has pointed out, is the ability to conceptualize a world at different levels of granularity (complexity) and to move among them in considering problems and situations. The simpler the problem, the coarser the grain can be and still provide effective solutions to the problem.,