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Record 1 1999-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Calculating Procedures (Mathematics)
DEF

A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

OBS

The most prevalent type of abstraction appearing between levels of explanation in the causal mechanism domain theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
  • Procédés de calcul (Mathématiques)
DEF

Valeur approchée de la valeur exacte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
  • Métodos de cálculo (Matemáticas)
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