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compactness factor [2 records]

Record 1 1996-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

A state of being compact.

DEF

In computer or artificial vision, the measurement that describes the distribution of pixels within a region with respect to the center of the region. [ISO/IEC JTC N1746, 1995]

OBS

A circle is the most compact region, a line is the least compact.

Key term(s)
  • compactness factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Propriété d'un théorème (Ben et Machover) qui affirme que de tout ensemble de formules inconsistant on peut extraire un sous-ensemble fini inconsistant.

OBS

L'analogie est profonde avec l'énoncé caractérisant, en topologie, les espaces topologiques compacts : «de tout recouvrement ouvert on peut extraire un sous-recouvrement fini.»

CONT

Compacité d'une région.

CONT

facteur de compacité.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Computer Graphics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Infographie
DEF

Paramètre résultant de l'intégration sur un contour fermé du rayon de courbure de chaque point de ce contour.

Spanish

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