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Record 1 1992-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Numerical taxonomy methods generate only extensional definitions of categories, and one would like much more concise intensional definitions with predictive power.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Description par énumération exhaustive de tous les représentants de ce qu'on désire décrire. L'extension d'un concept ou d'une règle est l'ensemble de tous les représentants (=instances) de ce concept ou de cette règle.

OBS

La "Logique de Port Royal" (Arnauld et Nicole, 1662) l'appellent "étendue".

Spanish

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