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modèle informatique [2 records]

Record 1 1996-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

To prepare a [flood] forecast, the NWS [National Weather Service] runs two kinds of computer model. First, a hydrologic model calculates how much water is available from recent rain, snow and hail, the estimates how much of it will evaporate or seep into the ground.... Second, a hydraulic model routes the runoff downstream, summing the flows as watercourses merge.

CONT

... computer-based models of human behavior....

OBS

A Model of company operations is built through such techniques as simulation and mathematical programming to study the complex effects of various decisions. Constructing the model is often a huge task.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

[...] les enfants devaient pouvoir bénéficier [...] de ce que les modèles informatiques semblaient en mesure de donner forme concrète à des domaines de la connaissance qui avaient toujours paru, jusqu'alors, irrémédiablement intangibles et abstraits.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

Because programming requires an explicit and inspectable definition of ideas, it is viewed as an exercise by which students are involved in forming computational models of their developing concepts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

calculatoire : le niveau «calculatoire» (computational) consiste à définir le but des opérations et des calculs à effectuer, à estimer sa pertinence compte tenu des contraintes comme [...] et enfin à chercher la logique et les étapes par lesquelles ces calculs peuvent être effectués.

Spanish

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