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POINT CHOIX [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

a place in a discrimination apparatus where an organism must choose between two alternative behavior patterns.

CONT

Each option in a rule creates a choice point, a point where control returns when a rule is reentered by a redo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Road Transport)
Key term(s)
  • choice-point
  • choicepoint

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation routière
DEF

Croisement sur un itinéraire où se présente une alternative de parcours.

CONT

Ces opérations consistent à rendre variables au point de choix les panneaux de direction classiques [...] (Équipement et exploitation des routes nationales, Guide technique, 1977, p. 3.9).

Spanish

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