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EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIER [6 records]

Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In the case of quantified constraint satisfaction, the set of constraints is accompanied by a linear order of the variables and an existential or universal quantifier associated with each variable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 2 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A logical relation used to form true or false statements from predicates, such as the existential quantifier or the universal quantifier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Relation logique qui transforme une fonction en proposition, comme le quantificateur existentiel ou universel (voir DULIN, 1984, p.401).

CONT

On peut citer l'ambiguïté de portée des quantificateurs, en particulier l'importance de l'ordre des mots pour la compréhension automatique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 3 1997-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
DEF

The punctuation mark ! used after exclamations and vehement commands.

OBS

This mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to an obvious mistake, in road warning signs,(in chess commentaries) beside the notation of a move considered a good one,(in mathematics) as a symbol of the factorial function, or(in logic) occurring with an existential quantifier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

Signe de ponctuation [!] qui suit toujours une exclamation ou une phrase exclamative.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
OBS

existential: assertive either explicitly or by implication of existence or actuality as opposed to mere possibility, conceivability or ideality or to mere explication of meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Les quantificateurs existentiels (il existe un x qui) permettent de préciser la portée d'une assertion comme s'appliquant à au moins une valeur de x.

OBS

d'autres quantificateurs existentiels sont possibles: il existe exactement un x, il existe beaucoup de x, il existe une infinité de x, il existe au plus un x, etc.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
DEF

A prefix that binds the variables in a logical formula by specifying their quantity. See existential operator, universal quantifier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
CONT

Parmi les tentatives de donner plus de rigueur aux représentations en réseaux sémantiques, citons (...) l'introduction de la logique du premier ordre, c'est-à-dire principalement la possibilité d'utiliser les quantifieurs logiques dans les réseaux.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

quantifier : one of the two symbols used in the extended propositional calculus and the predicate calculus. The universal quantifier is read "for all" and the existential quantifier is read "there exists". One or more variables must immediately follow the quantifier; they are called "bound variables". These must be followed by a predicate, which may contain variables known as "free variables". The whole quantified predicate states the truth value of the predicate concerning the free variables...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

La distinction importante entre logique des propositions et logique des prédicats. La puissance additionnelle de la logique des prédicats résulte de la possibilité d'utiliser des variables quantifiées.

Spanish

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