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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

... analogical problem solving [is] the use of a solution to a known source problem to develop a solution to a novel target problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The bias-variance tradeoff is a fundamental problem in machine learning and statistics. It is the problem of finding a model that accurately predicts the target function while also minimizing the number of errors. The tradeoff is between the model' s ability to fit the data(bias) and the model' s ability to generalize to new data(variance).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Problème qui consiste à minimiser simultanément la variance et le biais qui empêchent les algorithmes d'apprentissage supervisé de généraliser au-delà de leur échantillon d'apprentissage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental health and hygiene
CONT

Decision-makers must assess which evidence-based health interventions will best improve the health of a target population, a subgroup or a person, with respect to a specific health problem.

Key term(s)
  • evidence based health intervention

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
CONT

Le recours à des interventions en santé fondées sur des données probantes favorise des SSP [soins de santé primaires] pertinents, efficaces et sécuritaires.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

Usually, the data is obtained by using drones or satellite reconnaissance means. Therefore, the acquired data is redundant and diverse. For the problem of camouflage detection, the traditional camouflage effect detection application personnel interpret the discovery probability of the target, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

OBS

camouflage detection; CD: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
OBS

détection du camouflage; CD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems. The Predictor solved the problem by doing all of the calculations mechanically through a complex system of gears. Inputs to its calculations included wind speed, ballistics of the gun and the rounds it fired, angle to the target in azimuth and altitude, and a user-input estimated target speed. Some of these inputs were fed in by dials, which turned gearing inside the Predictor to calculate the range(from the change in angle and estimated speed) and direction of motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Ordinateur analogique créé à la fin des années 1930 [...] pour guider les tirs d'un canon antiaérien.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

Changes in health care that can render health technology assessments out-of-date, sometimes even before the recommendations that come out of them can be implemented.

OBS

Included are changes in the mother technology, in one of its variants or in a complementary technology (used to treat a given health problem), emergence of new competing technologies, and changes in the application of a technology (e.g. to different patient populations or to different health problems).

OBS

moving target problem : term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment(HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • moving-target problem

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Changements dans les soins de santé qui peuvent rendre les évaluations des technologies de la santé désuètes, parfois même avant que les recommandations qui en découlent puissent être appliquées.

OBS

Il peut s’agir de changements dans la technologie mère, dans une de ses variantes ou dans une technologie complémentaire (utilisée pour traiter un problème de santé donné), de l’émergence de nouvelles technologies concurrentes, ou de changements dans l’application d’une technologie (à différentes populations de patients ou à différents problèmes de santé, par exemple).

OBS

problème de l'évolution rapide des technologies : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 7 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 8 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The problem of persistent hunger is not limited to Nepal. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) reports that more than 850 million people around the world suffer from hunger and that the millennium target of reducing that number by half by 2015 will not be met without stronger commitments and an accelerated pace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le Népal n’est pas le seul pays aux prises avec le problème de la persistance de la faim. Selon l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), plus de 850 millions de personnes dans le monde souffrentde la faim et l’objectif du Millénaire, qui est de réduire ce nombre de moitié d’ici 2015, ne pourra être atteint si des engagements plus solides ne sont pas pris à un rythme plus soutenu.

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée "en aveugle" dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The stationary target identification(STI) problem can be divided into three distinct phases, namely :(1) detection,(2) discrimination, and(3) recognition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée «en aveugle» dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Astronautics
CONT

Even today, a geostationary satellite, whose useful life has ended, must be abandoned in space. The experimental servicing satellite ESS applies robotics to resolve the problem of servicing a non-cooperative target in or near to a geostationary orbit, a region of space still out of reach to manned spaceflight. A three-month demonstration flight of ESS has been planned and all phases of its mission have been defined. These include the acquisition, inspection and servicing of an orbiting satellite through to parking it in a "graveyard" orbit. The project builds on the experience gained with the robotics technology experiment Rotex, flown on the D2 Mission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

When you do find yourself in the CAP, or over the target, what is available to do the deed? As in any depiction of a combat aircraft belonging to Uncle Sam, one has a multitude of radar modes and/or weapons to match the answer to the problem. The APG-73 radar in the Air to Air mode, give us all the usual suspects.... Also a nice job with the Non-Cooperative Target Recognition(NCTR) mode is used.

Key term(s)
  • noncooperative target recognition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Even today, a geostationary satellite, whose useful life has ended, must be abandoned in space. The experimental servicing satellite(ESS) applies robotics to resolve the problem of servicing a non-cooperative target in or near to a geostationary orbit, a region of space still out of reach to manned spaceflight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

For gene therapy to realize its clinical potential, there must be efficient and safe strategies of delivering therapeutic genes to somatic cells in vivo. Perhaps this problem simply represents a special case of drug delivery in which the therapeutic gene constitutes the drug. But the relevance of traditional drug development to technological developments in gene therapy is questionable. Recombinant genes that can independently express a therapeutic RNA or protein are extraordinarily large and polar molecules--10, 000 times larger than traditional pharmaceutical agents. Moreover, the administration of genes as therapy requires vehicles--so-called vectors--that encapsulate the gene and guide it to the target cell. The binding of the gene to the cell, its internalization, the transport of the administered genome to the nucleus, and the expression of the gene all constitute potential limitations of this process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

L'un des aspect essentiels du transfert de gènes à visée thérapeutique est la vectorisation de l'ADN par un transporteur jusqu'à la cellule cible [...] dans la plupart des cas, l'ADN doit être introduit dans la cellule, soit à l'aide d'une technique physique ou chimique fragilisant les membranes cellulaires, soit combiné à un vecteur.

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

For gene therapy to realize its clinical potential, there must be efficient and safe strategies of delivering therapeutic genes to somatic cells in vivo. Perhaps this problem simply represents a special case of drug delivery in which the therapeutic gene constitutes the drug. But the relevance of traditional drug development to technological developments in gene therapy is questionable. Recombinant genes that can independently express a therapeutic RNA or protein are extraordinarily large and polar molecules--10, 000 times larger than traditional pharmaceutical agents. Moreover, the administration of genes as therapy requires vehicles--so-called vectors--that encapsulate the gene and guide it to the target cell. The binding of the gene to the cell, its internalization, the transport of the administered genome to the nucleus, and the expression of the gene all constitute potential limitations of this process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

Mais surtout, à côté de la pathologie, un fantastique domaine s'ouvre au transfert et à la thérapie génique, c'est celui du gène considéré comme médicament. La médecine utilise en effet toute une série de molécules d'origine protéique, comme les facteurs antihémophilliques, l'insuline, l'hormone de croissance, pour ne citer que les plus importantes. Le futur pourrait être la fabrication directe par l'organisme des molécules actives après transfert de gènes dans les cellules permissives. Mieux encore, on pourra vraisemblablement dams l'avenir injecter directement par voie intramusculaire par exemple, l'ADN génique, les cellules de l'organisme se comportant ensuite comme de mini-usines de fabrication et de mini-unités de distribution.

CONT

Ceci ne saurait s'effectuer en dehors d'un contexte réglementaire adapté à la complexité des différents niveaux d'intervention que nécessite le transfert de gènes à visée thérapeutique.

Spanish

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Record 17 1993-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée "en aveugle" dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 18 1990-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The problem to be solved by the expert system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 19 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Problem which has the five following components : a semantic domain, a syntactic domain, a mapping, a target object, and an oracle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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