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SHALLOW MIND [4 records]

Record 1 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

A man with an inventive mind designed a system known today as the "jerker" rod system. Returning to the old small shallow wells, and using a simple but effective ball and washer pump, he connected hundreds of pumps to a single steam engine with a series of four arm spider wheels set horizontally, pulling four long lines of connecting wooden rods reaching into the oil field. Spider wheels in the field were powered by relay wheels near the plant and supplied push-pull power to a dozen or more wells connected to each string of jerker rods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

La technologie du forage et de la production du pétrole brut est mise au point dans les champs pétrolifères autour de Petrolia et d'Oil Springs (Ontario) durant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Les premières innovations importantes sont le forage par percussion au moyen d'une tige à ressort et le système de pompes avec tige à saccades encore utilisé dans les champs pétroliers du Sud de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Declarative knowledge that has been translated into procedural knowledge so that it can be immediately processed by a computer.

CONT

As a person acquires and organizes knowledge into chunks and networks, the knowledge becomes compiled. Some individuals compile knowledge into more and more abstract and theoretical patterns (deep knowledge). Others compile knowledge as a result of practical experience (surface knowledge). Most people begin by acquiring theoretical knowledge and then, when they finish their schooling, they recompile what they have learned into practical heuristics. Expertise consists of large amounts of compiled knowledge.

CONT

Wenger presents the now standard idea of compiled vs. articulated knowledge(terms that are preferable, in my mind, to shallow and deep).

OBS

compiled knowledge: term standardized by ISO/IEC and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

[...] type de connaissance [...] acquis par l'expérience à partir d'une connaissance de base analytique.

OBS

Comparer à savoir articulé. Voir aussi connaissances profondes et connaissances de surface.

OBS

connaissance compilée; connaissances compilées : termes normalisés par ISO/CEI et la CSA.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

Wenger presents the now standard idea of compiled vs. articulated knowledge(terms that are preferable, in my mind, to shallow and deep). He presents a rationale for why knowledge could(and should) be compiled for specific purposes. He also presents a useful breakdown of the characteristics of knowledge articulation : the completeness of its contents(including justification), its structure or organization(e. g. abstractness or generality), and its epistemological characteristics(e. g. is it commonsense, causal, taxonomic).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

Comparer à savoir compilé. Voir aussi connaissances profondes, c. de surface.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
OBS

(tout le contraire de profond)

Spanish

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