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OPTIMALITE [17 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-10-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Computer Programs and Programming
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- discrete dynamic programming
1, record 1, English, discrete%20dynamic%20programming
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Discrete dynamic programming is dynamic programming in discrete time. 2, record 1, English, - discrete%20dynamic%20programming
Record 1, Key term(s)
- discrete dynamic programing
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- programmation dynamique discrète
1, record 1, French, programmation%20dynamique%20discr%C3%A8te
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La programmation dynamique est une technique de recherche qui permet de résoudre des problèmes de contrôle. Elle peut être continue ou discrète. [...] Le cas discret se base sur le principe d’optimalité selon lequel toutes les parties qui composent la solution sont elles-mêmes optimales. 2, record 1, French, - programmation%20dynamique%20discr%C3%A8te
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2024-05-09
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Programs and Programming
- Telecommunications Transmission
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- process tree
1, record 2, English, process%20tree
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
- Transmission (Télécommunications)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- arbre de processus
1, record 2, French, arbre%20de%20processus
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'article présenté ici s’attache à la mise en œuvre effective d’un tel arbre de processus : disposant d’un nombre donné de processeurs, il s’agit de décrire des stratégies d’affectation de processus vérifiant certaines propriétés d’optimalité. 2, record 2, French, - arbre%20de%20processus
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2017-12-14
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Informatics
- Mathematical Geography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- candidate route
1, record 3, English, candidate%20route
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A route that satisfies all constraints of the routing request with the possible exception of optimality of the cost function. 1, record 3, English, - candidate%20route
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Informatique
- Géographie mathématique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- itinéraire candidat
1, record 3, French, itin%C3%A9raire%20candidat
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Parcours qui satisfait à toutes les exigences d’une requête de routage, mais peut s’affranchir de la contrainte de l'optimalité de la fonction de coût. 2, record 3, French, - itin%C3%A9raire%20candidat
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2017-11-29
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- best-first
1, record 4, English, best%2Dfirst
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- best-first search 2, record 4, English, best%2Dfirst%20search
correct, standardized
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A search that, at each step along the search sequence, evaluates all the possible branches from it toward the goal in terms of a predeterminated set of criteria and, based on the evaluation results, selects the best search plan. 2, record 4, English, - best%2Dfirst
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
best-first search: term standardized by ISO/IEC. 3, record 4, English, - best%2Dfirst
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- recherche du meilleur
1, record 4, French, recherche%20du%20meilleur
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- recherche du meilleur d’abord 1, record 4, French, recherche%20du%20meilleur%20d%26rsquo%3Babord
correct, feminine noun, standardized
- meilleur d’abord 2, record 4, French, meilleur%20d%26rsquo%3Babord
correct
- meilleur en premier 2, record 4, French, meilleur%20en%20premier
correct
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Technique d’exploration d’un graphe qui permet de sélectionner un nœud en fonction d’une exigence d’optimalité qui n’ implique pas nécessairement le moindre frais. 2, record 4, French, - recherche%20du%20meilleur
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
recherche du meilleur; recherche du meilleur d’abord : termes normalisés par ISO/CEI. 3, record 4, French, - recherche%20du%20meilleur
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR
recherche meilleur d’abord, stratégie meilleur-premier, algorithme meilleur en premier 2, record 4, French, - recherche%20du%20meilleur
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-10-12
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- prototype
1, record 5, English, prototype
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- initial version 2, record 5, English, initial%20version
correct
- prototype version 3, record 5, English, prototype%20version
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In expert systems development, a prototype is an initial version of an expert system, usually a system with from 25 to 200 rules, that is developed to test effectiveness of the overall knowledge representation and inference strategies being employed to solve a particular problem. 2, record 5, English, - prototype
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- version prototype
1, record 5, French, version%20prototype
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- prototype 1, record 5, French, prototype
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
En développement de systèmes experts, première version conçue pour démontrer la faisabilité d’un programme, de tester l'efficacité d’une représentation des connaissances, et l'optimalité des stratégies de résolution d’une gamme de problèmes. 2, record 5, French, - version%20prototype
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le passage de la première version prototype à une deuxième version plus proche du "comportement expert" peut nécessiter des refontes importantes dans l’organisation du programme. Le but de la première version est de montrer la faisabilité d’un programme atteignant un certain but ... Le prototype une fois construit ... peut résoudre une gamme de problèmes que l’on s’était fixée. 3, record 5, French, - version%20prototype
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
prototype avancé, prototype de laboratoire, prototype rapide, version initiale 2, record 5, French, - version%20prototype
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La version prototype part d’une maquette pour arriver à un prototype avancé qui deviendra le point de départ de la version opératoire. Le prototype avancé est aussi appelé "démonstrateur avancé". 2, record 5, French, - version%20prototype
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2011-09-07
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Management Operations (General)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- Bellman principle
1, record 6, English, Bellman%20principle
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- Bellman's principle 1, record 6, English, Bellman%27s%20principle
correct
- principle of optimality 1, record 6, English, principle%20of%20optimality
correct
- optimality principle 1, record 6, English, optimality%20principle
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
In dynamic programming, the principle that, regardless of the initial state of the process under consideration and regardless of the initial decision, remaining decisions must form an optimal policy relative to the state resulting from the first decision. 2, record 6, English, - Bellman%20principle
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- principe de Bellman
1, record 6, French, principe%20de%20Bellman
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- principe d’optimalité 1, record 6, French, principe%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2003-01-31
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- optimality
1, record 7, English, optimality
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the expert needs a global a global strategy to determine optimality when ordering moves (in the case of WEST, the default strategy is maximizing the distance ahead of the opponent). 1, record 7, English, - optimality
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- optimalité
1, record 7, French, optimalit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
optimal : meilleur possible en termes de coût de résolution ou de performances. Qui satisfait à l'exigence d’optimalité. 1, record 7, French, - optimalit%C3%A9
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Inteligencia artificial
Record 7, Main entry term, Spanish
- optimidad
1, record 7, Spanish, optimidad
feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 7, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2001-08-27
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Pareto optimum
1, record 8, English, Pareto%20optimum
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- Pareto-optimal 2, record 8, English, Pareto%2Doptimal
correct
- Paretian optimality 3, record 8, English, Paretian%20optimality
correct
- Pareto optimality 4, record 8, English, Pareto%20optimality
- Pareto optimal 4, record 8, English, Pareto%20optimal
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A state of the economy in which all economic resources are allocated and used efficiently, such that it is impossible to make anyone economically better off without making someone else economically worse off. 5, record 8, English, - Pareto%20optimum
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The basic starting point of much of welfare economics is the theorem that the result of a system of perfect competition under ideal conditions is a "Pareto optimum." A Pareto optimum is a state of affairs which cannot be altered to the advantage of one participant without at least some disadvantage to some other person. In general, for any state which is not a Pareto optimum, there will exist another feasible state which would be preferred to the original one by all concerned. 6, record 8, English, - Pareto%20optimum
Record 8, Key term(s)
- Paretian optimum
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- optimum de Pareto
1, record 8, French, optimum%20de%20Pareto
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- optimalité de Pareto 2, record 8, French, optimalit%C3%A9%20de%20Pareto
feminine noun
- optimum économique parétien 3, record 8, French, optimum%20%C3%A9conomique%20par%C3%A9tien
masculine noun
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
État de l’économie où, étant donné la répartition des ressources, nul ne peut améliorer sa position sans détériorer celle d’un autre. 4, record 8, French, - optimum%20de%20Pareto
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'optimum de Pareto comporte la réalisation de deux groupes de conditions définissant respectivement, l'optimalité des productions et celle des échanges. Un optimum de production est atteint lorsque, avec des ressources données, il est impossible d’augmenter la production d’un bien, sans diminuer celle d’au moins un autre bien. [...] Un optimum de l'échange est une situation telle, que l'on ne peut, avec des quantités de biens données, augmenter la satisfaction d’un consommateur sans diminuer celle d’au moins un autre individu. 3, record 8, French, - optimum%20de%20Pareto
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
Record 8, Main entry term, Spanish
- óptimo de Pareto
1, record 8, Spanish, %C3%B3ptimo%20de%20Pareto
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 8, Synonyms, Spanish
- óptimo paretiano 2, record 8, Spanish, %C3%B3ptimo%20paretiano
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Situación en la cual ninguna redistribución admisible de los productos o factores podría aumentar el nivel de utilidad de una economía sin disminuir el nivel de otras. 3, record 8, Spanish, - %C3%B3ptimo%20de%20Pareto
Record 9 - internal organization data 1998-04-22
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Economics
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- optimality rule 1, record 9, English, optimality%20rule
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Économique
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- règle d’optimalité
1, record 9, French, r%C3%A8gle%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1991-02-21
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- optimality theorem
1, record 10, English, optimality%20theorem
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- théorème d’optimalité
1, record 10, French, th%C3%A9or%C3%A8me%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 1991-02-21
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- optimality principle
1, record 11, English, optimality%20principle
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- principe d’optimalité
1, record 11, French, principe%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record 12 - internal organization data 1991-02-21
Record 12, English
Record 12, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 12, Main entry term, English
- optimality proof
1, record 12, English, optimality%20proof
correct
Record 12, Abbreviations, English
Record 12, Synonyms, English
Record 12, French
Record 12, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 12, Main entry term, French
- preuve d’optimalité
1, record 12, French, preuve%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 12, Abbreviations, French
Record 12, Synonyms, French
Record 12, Textual support, French
Record 12, Spanish
Record 12, Textual support, Spanish
Record 13 - internal organization data 1991-02-21
Record 13, English
Record 13, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 13, Main entry term, English
- optimality equation
1, record 13, English, optimality%20equation
correct
Record 13, Abbreviations, English
Record 13, Synonyms, English
Record 13, French
Record 13, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 13, Main entry term, French
- équation d’optimalité
1, record 13, French, %C3%A9quation%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 13, Abbreviations, French
Record 13, Synonyms, French
Record 13, Textual support, French
Record 13, Spanish
Record 13, Textual support, Spanish
Record 14 - internal organization data 1990-01-10
Record 14, English
Record 14, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Continuing Education
Record 14, Main entry term, English
- suboptimal
1, record 14, English, suboptimal
correct
Record 14, Abbreviations, English
Record 14, Synonyms, English
Record 14, Textual support, English
Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The use of a different strategy is hypothesized when a student consistently chooses suboptimal moves without manifesting obvious weaknesses in related issues. 2, record 14, English, - suboptimal
Record 14, French
Record 14, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
- Éducation permanente
Record 14, Main entry term, French
- sous-optimal
1, record 14, French, sous%2Doptimal
correct, masculine noun
Record 14, Abbreviations, French
Record 14, Synonyms, French
Record 14, Textual support, French
Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF
En contraste avec la notion d’optimalité, qualifie les processus décisionnels et les solutions acceptables ou presque-acceptables. 1, record 14, French, - sous%2Doptimal
Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT
procédure sous-optimale 1, record 14, French, - sous%2Doptimal
Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Notion introduite en 1959 par Hebert Simon pour décrire les choix décisionnels qui ne visent pas la maximisation ou l’optimisation complète et rationnelle des résultats. Aujourd’hui, les nuances entre "sous-optimal" et "quasi-optimal" sont stylistiques plus que sémantiques. Mais cet adjectif a servi de base dérivationnelle à des formations telles "sous-optimiser" et sous-optimisation". 1, record 14, French, - sous%2Doptimal
Record 14, Spanish
Record 14, Textual support, Spanish
Record 15 - internal organization data 1989-12-04
Record 15, English
Record 15, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 15, Main entry term, English
- optimal
1, record 15, English, optimal
correct
Record 15, Abbreviations, English
Record 15, Synonyms, English
Record 15, Textual support, English
Record 15, French
Record 15, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 15, Main entry term, French
- optimal
1, record 15, French, optimal
correct
Record 15, Abbreviations, French
Record 15, Synonyms, French
Record 15, Textual support, French
Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Meilleur possible en termes de coût de résolution ou de performance. Qui satisfait à l'exigence d’optimalité. 1, record 15, French, - optimal
Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT
graphe de densité optimale, modèle optimal, solution optimale. 1, record 15, French, - optimal
Record 15, Spanish
Record 15, Textual support, Spanish
Record 16 - internal organization data 1989-09-03
Record 16, English
Record 16, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 16, Main entry term, English
- felicity condition
1, record 16, English, felicity%20condition
correct
Record 16, Abbreviations, English
Record 16, Synonyms, English
Record 16, Textual support, English
Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Still, even with felicity conditions, there may be no way to avoid all inconsistencies. Sometimes a model will not be consistent with an example, even through the model is basically correct. Penguins, after all, can be birds, even though penguins cannot fly. 2, record 16, English, - felicity%20condition
Record number: 16, Textual support number: 2 CONT
These conventions are analogous to the felicity conditions that linguists have observed to tacitly govern conversations and to facilitate inferences by the listener. 3, record 16, English, - felicity%20condition
Record 16, French
Record 16, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 16, Main entry term, French
- condition de félicité
1, record 16, French, condition%20de%20f%C3%A9licit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 16, Abbreviations, French
Record 16, Synonyms, French
- exigence d’optimalité 2, record 16, French, exigence%20d%26rsquo%3Boptimalit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 16, Textual support, French
Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Expression d’une relation d’ordre traduite sur un ensemble de solutions possibles. 2, record 16, French, - condition%20de%20f%C3%A9licit%C3%A9
Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Pour éviter toute situation où l’on serait conduit à faire une supposition, il est possible d’établir une condition de non-supposition entre le professeur et l’élève. P. ex., si le professeur apprend qu’un élève utilise la procédure W, il s’efforcera d’éviter la présence de plusieurs différences dans chaque presque-instance. Sachant que le professeur procède ainsi, l’élève peut être assuré que la différence unique trouvée est importante. De telles conventions sont appelées des conditions de félicité. 1, record 16, French, - condition%20de%20f%C3%A9licit%C3%A9
Record 16, Spanish
Record 16, Textual support, Spanish
Record 17 - internal organization data 1988-01-27
Record 17, English
Record 17, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 17, Main entry term, English
- clustering optimality
1, record 17, English, clustering%20optimality
correct
Record 17, Abbreviations, English
Record 17, Synonyms, English
Record 17, French
Record 17, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 17, Main entry term, French
- optimalité d’agrégation
1, record 17, French, optimalit%C3%A9%20d%26rsquo%3Bagr%C3%A9gation
feminine noun
Record 17, Abbreviations, French
Record 17, Synonyms, French
- optimalité de groupement 1, record 17, French, optimalit%C3%A9%20de%20groupement
feminine noun
Record 17, Textual support, French
Record 17, Spanish
Record 17, Textual support, Spanish
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