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ARITY [2 records]

Record 1 1989-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

L'arité d'un terme est son nombre d'arguments.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Every function constant has an associated arity, which indicates the number of arguments it is expected to take. The type and arity of an alphanumeric constant can be determined only by the way it is used in sentences; these constants can be determined on the basis of the symbol's constituent characters. Different people may use the same symbol in different ways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Nombre d'arguments d'un prédicat en logique de premier ordre. Un prédicat à n arguments a une arité de n. L'arité est un nombre entier positif.

Spanish

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