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monotonic [2 records]

Record 1 2006-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Pertaining to an AI principle stating that if a conclusion can be derived from a certain collection of facts, the same conclusion remains derivable if more facts are added.

OBS

[More generally, said of] a quantity which never increases or decreases as a function of some other quantity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Qui varie dans le même sens.

DEF

Qui assure que toute conclusion déduite de certaines hypothèses reste valide après tout ajout de nouvelles hypothèses.

CONT

raisonnement monotone, règle d'inférence monotone.

OBS

«Monotonique» est à éviter. Il signifie, en linguistique, «qui n'a qu'un seul ton». L'adverbe correspondant à monotone est «monotonement»

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Numerical Analysis (Mathematics)
DEF

Designating sequences the successive numbers of which either consistently increase or decrease but do not oscillate in relative value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse numérique (Mathématiques)
CONT

Une application d'un ensemble ordonné E dans un ensemble ordonné F est monotone si elle est croissante ou décroissante.

Spanish

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