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APPROXIMATIONS SUCCESSIVES [2 records]

Record 1 2006-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A progressive coding process in which the coefficients are coded with reduced precision in the first scan, and precision is increased by one bit with each succeeding scan.

OBS

Source: Information Technology Vocabulary, extract of ISO/IEC 10918-1 (F/E).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Processus de codage progressif dans lequel les coefficients sont codés avec une précision réduite lors du premier balayage, et une précision augmentée d'un bit à chaque balayage successif.

OBS

Source : Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information, extrait de l'ISO/CEI 10918-1 (F/E).

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A series of steps or progressions, each in turn, coming closer to a goal performance. Units, ordered in a manner so that each comes closer to a goal than the previous unit. Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations to a goal behavior.

Key term(s)
  • successive approximation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

En intelligence artificielle, résolution de problèmes par approximations successives.

Spanish

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