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NEGATIVE INFERENCE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-01-09
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Law of Evidence
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- negative inference
1, record 1, English, negative%20inference
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Against this general approach to the interpretation of s. 9 of the TPA [Trespass to Property Act], the appellant argues that a negative inference should be taken from other Ontario legislation. 1, record 1, English, - negative%20inference
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la preuve
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- inférence négative
1, record 1, French, inf%C3%A9rence%20n%C3%A9gative
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
À l’encontre de ce mode d’interprétation général de l’art. 9 LESA [Loi sur l'entrée sans autorisation], l’appelant fait valoir qu’une inférence négative devrait être faite à partir d’autres textes législatifs de l’Ontario. 1, record 1, French, - inf%C3%A9rence%20n%C3%A9gative
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1989-09-25
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Continuing Education
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- negative inference
1, record 2, English, negative%20inference
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An important class of inferences dealing with open sets (i.e. incomplete knowledge). Contradiction is commonly used by people to make negative inferences. Computationally, some inferences by contradiction can be achieved by the addition of two types of markers in a semantic net. First, a pair of relations can be marked as being mutually exclusive (a given object cannot be a city and a river, though it can be a city and a capital). Secondly, exhaustive sets can be marked as closed. This ensures that properties of subparts collectively imply the same properties for the whole (if no country on a continent is known to produce sugar, then it can be inferred that the continent does not produce sugar, provided that the available set of its countries is marked as closed). 1, record 2, English, - negative%20inference
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
See also inference by assumption, inverse induction, lack-of-knowledge strategy, functional analysis. 2, record 2, English, - negative%20inference
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
- Éducation permanente
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- inférence négative
1, record 2, French, inf%C3%A9rence%20n%C3%A9gative
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir aussi réseau sémantique. 1, record 2, French, - inf%C3%A9rence%20n%C3%A9gative
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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