fudge factor

noun

any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.

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By introducing a new technique called bootstrapping, Lee and Vempala thought that they could lower the KLS bound all the way down to d raised to a power of 0 plus a little fudge factor.
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