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HEURISTIC PROGRAM [6 records]

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Record 1 2010-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The setting of goals at one level and determining what means are necessary to achieve them, then passing these means down to the next level where they become goals.

CONT

The general heuristic called means-end analysis is related to specific task performing : the problem statement is transformed into a target or goal state that represents the solution to the problem. This state provides a means of identifying a proper solution to the problem. The program then identifies sequentially the operations that reduce the difference between the new present state and the goal state.

OBS

means-ends analysis; means-end analysis: terms standardized by the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Technique qui consiste à déterminer une différence entre l'état souhaité (but) et la situation présente; chercher un opérateur qui réduise cette différence. Au cas où l'opérateur n'est pas immédiatement applicable, ses conditions d'applicabilité deviennent le nouveau but.

OBS

analyse moyens-fins; analyse moyens-fin : termes normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation/Commission électrotechnique internationale (ISO/CEI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Gestión de la empresa (Generalidades)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Método de razonamiento que mira hacia atrás y hacia delante, desde el punto inicial a la meta, en un intento por reducir las diferencias.

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Record 2 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

A program in which a computer tries each of several methods of solving a problem and judges whether the program is closer to solution after each attempt.

Key term(s)
  • heuristic programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Guerre électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Guerra electrónica
DEF

Programa que soluciona un problema por medio de una táctica de prueba y error (tanteo), en que el logro de cada intento de solución se evalúa y utiliza para mejorar los tanteos subsiguientes hasta llegar a una solución aceptable dentro de los límites definidos.

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Record 3 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
DEF

A collection or combination of heuristics used for solving a particular problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
OBS

heuristique: qui consiste ou qui tend à trouver.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Mathematics
DEF

A process or philosophy that aids in the solution of a particular complex problem.

CONT

... a game playing program, such as chess, that identifies sequences of moves which threaten the computer's winning chances is a special heuristic for that particular game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels
  • Mathématiques
OBS

Comparer à heuristique générale.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The first system primarily concerned with selecting appropriate exercises from a pool of prestored problems is a tutor for symbolic integration that represents domain knowledge by means of numerical methods.

CONT

A heuristic program that solves symbolic integration problems in freshman calculus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Un programme qui fait de l'intégration symbolique peut être considéré comme relevant de l'intelligence artificielle; le programme essaiera un changement de variable, puis un autre, (...) etc.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

When a program uses heuristic to guide the search it executes an ordered search rather than a blind search.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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