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spreading activation [2 records]

Record 1 1998-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

... the propagation of activation from one unit to its neighbours.

CONT

Spreading activation describes processes in semantic networks that start from a particular node and proceed to all nodes that can be reached by traversing one arc, repeating the process until some desired state is achieved or it is decided to end the process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Dans ses systèmes de traitement symbolique, les réseaux ont généralement des liens non pondérés à étiquettes sémantiques et réalisent la diffusion de l'activation en transmettant des étiquettes ou marques symboliques (non numériques).

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
CONT

The term spreading activation refers to information passed throughout an associative network to find paths between nodes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
OBS

Terme de psychologie cognitive utilisé en intelligence artificielle (réseaux sémantiques).

Spanish

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