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CENTER CLUSTER [11 records]

Record 1 2024-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A type of clustering that determines the similarity of data points based on their closeness to the centroid, or center, of a cluster.

CONT

Centroid-based clustering is a commonly used clustering technique. It works on the concept of the central vector. This central vector does not need to be a member of the dataset. Different clusters are formed based on the central vector. Each instance from the dataset is assigned to each cluster based on its distance from that cluster.

Key term(s)
  • centroid based clustering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In the affinity propagation method, all points are considered as potential centers of the cluster and the negative value of the Euclidean distance between two points determines their affinity. Thus, the greater the sum of the affinity, the greater the probability that the point is the center of the cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Clothing
  • Bedding
  • Upholstery
CONT

Rather than quills, a down cluster has a round center called a plumule. Soft and airy, it features thousands of tiny fibers that radiate from its core.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vêtements
  • Literie
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Prendas de vestir
  • Ropa de cama
  • Tapicería (Industria del mueble)
CONT

La pluma es un material discontinuo: cada pluma o racimo de plumón es independiente del resto.

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Record 4 2011-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
CONT

Rubanisation is a re-conceptualisation of human settlements in which the city and the countryside are considered as one space, not two as it is now - city and countryside are regarded as separate realms. Rubanisation stems from the belief that the continued consideration of the rural and the urban as two distinct realms is unsustainable in terms of social justice, cultural justice and environmental justice. This mode of thinking calls for a new spatial geometry of integrated development that offers real viable choices for living, one that is supported by environmentally sustainable technology and ethical lifestyle.

CONT

... Professor Tay [Kheng Soon] introduced his concept of "rubanization"(derived from rural-urbanization) and "Ruban Clusters, "which consist in their basic form of an urban core that is just one kilometer in diameter(to promote pedestrianization over auto-based transportation) with two main arterial roads running through the urban center at 90 degrees for long-distance transport to and fro the cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
OBS

Concept développé par l'architecte Tay Kheng Soon qui vise à intégrer les espaces ruraux et urbains en une seule entité, afin de résoudre le problème de la pauvreté.

OBS

rubanisation : mot-valise formé à partir des mots «rural» et «urbanisation» et proposé après consultation d'un spécialiste du domaine.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The operational taxonomic unit(OTU) that falls closest to the center of a cluster of OTUs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Biotecnología
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Record 6 2001-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
DEF

The smallest incorporated unit of municipal government.

DEF

A compact urban settlement within the countryside, with the essential characteristics of a complete neighborhood, but with few, if any, commercial services. Typically, a hamlet is a cluster of housing around an identificable multiple-use or open space center, surrounded by countryside prairie, forest or active agriculture.

CONT

incorporation into a hamlet, the bottom rung of the municipal ladder. N.Y. Times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
  • Aménagement du territoire
DEF

Groupement isolé de quelques maisons, en milieu rural.

OBS

hameau : terme et définition recommandés par l'OLF.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ordenación urbana
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
DEF

[Núcleo de población] constituido por un grupo de casas que pueden pertenecer a una o varias familias. Administrativamente pertenece en general al municipio más cercano.

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Record 7 1989-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
DEF

A modification of the random search which uses a nonuniform distribution from which the sample points are selected as the search continues. The initial point is chosen by making a guess, and a nonuniform probability density function is centered on this guess. The consequent samples are then chosen from this distribution, and a cluster of measurements is created. The best of this initial set of samples is then used as the center of a new set of measurements where the same kind of distribution but with a small variance is used to generate a cluster of points. This process is repeated until the search specifications are satisfied. Thus, the search "creeps" toward the maximum(or minimum).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels
OBS

Voir recherche aléatoire.

Spanish

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Record 8 1981-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Palletization
  • Materials Handling
OBS

Gaps between deckboards in either the top deck or the bottom center cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Palettisation
  • Manutention
OBS

Espaces entre les planches du plancher supérieur ou de l'aire centrale du plancher inférieur.

Spanish

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Record 9 1981-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Palletization
  • Materials Handling
OBS

Deckboard located in the center cluster; includes center-cluster endboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Palettisation
  • Manutention
OBS

Planche située dans l'aire centrale du plancher inférieur; inclus la planche d'extrémité de l'aire centrale du plancher inférieur.

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Sclerodermite is [a] center of calcification and [the] surrounding cluster of calcareous fibers; [the] apparent primary element in septa [of rugose corals. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) l'unité caractéristique des trabécules [des Anthozoaires] est le "sclérodermite", ou bouquet de fibres s'irradiant des centres de calcification.

Spanish

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Record 11 1977-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

The coordinated ions always cluster about the central coordinating ion in such a way that their centers lie at the apices of a polyhedron. Thus, in a stable crystal structure, each cation lies at the center of a "coordination polyhedron" of anions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Dans une espèce minérale donnée, les anions se groupent de façon géométrique constante autour des cations. L'édifice ainsi constitué est appelé polyèdre de coordination."

Spanish

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