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TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Environment
CONT

... taxonomic distinctness index, is the average path length between any two randomly chosen individuals, conditional on them being from different species. This is equivalent to dividing taxonomic diversity by the value it would take were there to be no taxonomic hierarchy(all species belonging to the same genus).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A hierarchy where each class has at most one immediate superclass.

OBS

When knowledge is represented in a hierarchy, the characteristics of superordinate objects are inherited by subordinate objects. Thus, if we determine that an auto loan is a type of loan then we know that the credit check procedures that apply to all loans apply to auto loans.

CONT

When abstractions organized by inclusion relations form a tree, the result is known as a taxonomic hierarchy or in Ai, an inheritance hierarchy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Hiérarchie de propriétés transmises entre classes et sous-classes d'objets ou de concepts.

OBS

Réseau conceptuel basé sur l'héritage, ou la transmission des propriétés des concepts plus généraux vers les concepts plus spécialisés.

Spanish

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