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HALTING PROBLEM [2 records]

Record 1 2024-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

In computability theory, the halting problem is the problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running, or continue to run forever.

CONT

All resolution search strategies are subject to a version of the halting problem, for search is not guaranteed to terminate unless there actually is a proof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques informatiques
CONT

En théorie de la calculabilité, le problème de l'arrêt est le problème de décision qui détermine, à partir d'une description d'un programme informatique et d'une entrée, si le programme s'arrête avec cette entrée ou non.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
DEF

A wire mesh or liquid network, heated and set in a cold storage facility floor to prevent freezing should water be spilled onto the floor.

CONT

AMS No-Dig Ltd was involved in an unusual project-halting and then reversing the destructive effect of frost heave at a major cold store in England's East Midlands. The problem began when the store reduced its operating temperatures in line with new legislation. This reduction proved too much for the existing glycol heating mat which stopped working and then froze. With no insulation, the ground beneath the cold store also froze and frost heave set in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
DEF

Dispositif de chauffage constitué de résistances électriques ou de tubes de liquide chauffé montés en réseau et insérés dans le sol d'une chambre froide pour éviter qu'il ne gèle.

Spanish

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