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HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION [3 records]

Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Graphics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

A method of designing a system by breaking it down into its components through a series of top-down refinements.

OBS

hierarchical decomposition: term and definition standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
DEF

Méthode d'élaboration d'un système qui consiste à le décomposer en ses éléments en effectuant une série de simplifications descendantes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

The ordered, structured reduction of a system or a component to primitives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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