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Record 1 1997-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Terms and equivalent used in the 1994 version of the Supply Manual produced by Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Terme et équivalent provenant de la version 1994 du Guide des approvisionnements, édition non paginée, de Travaux publics et services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Refers to an exploratory approach using successive evaluations and provisional hypotheses.

OBS

Serving to discover, invent, or to stimulate investigation. In essence, the term pertains to a trial and error method for problem solving.

CONT

Collection of evidence in diagnosis is a heuristic process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Mathématiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Qui procède par évaluations successives et hypothèses provisoires, en parlant d'une méthode d'exploration.

OBS

Adjectif appliqué à une méthode d'exploration d'un problème dans laquelle la solution est obtenue par évaluations successives sur des hypothèses provisoires et par comparaison au but à atteindre.

OBS

heuristique : eurêka : mot grec signifiant «j'ai trouvé». Il a donné naissance au terme «heuristique» utilisé en intelligence artificielle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
  • Matemáticas
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Relativo a los métodos que permiten resolver los problemas por tanteos sucesivos, cada uno de los cuales tiene en cuenta la nueva situación creada por el precedente.

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