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ASSOCIATIVE OPERATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Within an expression containing two or more occurrences in a row of the same associative operator, the order in which the operations are performed does not matter as long as the sequence of the operands is not changed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

À partir d'un opérateur associatif défini pour deux opérandes, il est donc aisé de l'étendre à son équivalent n-aire. Un exemple d'opérateur associatif est le produit. Inversement, la moyenne arithmétique n'est pas associative.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
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