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FORMATION CONCEPT [2 records]
Record 1 - external organization data 2006-02-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- concept formation
1, record 1, English, concept%20formation
correct, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
generation of concepts used to characterize a given collection of objects, events, or facts 1, record 1, English, - concept%20formation
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
concept formation: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997]. 2, record 1, English, - concept%20formation
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- formation de concept
1, record 1, French, formation%20de%20concept
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
création de concepts servant à caractériser une collection d'objets, d'événements ou de faits 1, record 1, French, - formation%20de%20concept
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
formation de concept : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997]. 2, record 1, French, - formation%20de%20concept
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1997-08-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- concept formation
1, record 2, English, concept%20formation
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A form of learning in which the learner generates concepts useful in characterizing a given collection of objects or facts or a subset of them. 2, record 2, English, - concept%20formation
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The concept-formation program described by Winston in his thesis (Winston 1975) was a landmark development in this direction. It accepted as input a sequence of descriptions of complicated Blocks World configurations, each classified as a positive or negative instance of the concept to be learned. The output was a definition of an admissible relation for the concept. 3, record 2, English, - concept%20formation
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- formation de concepts
1, record 2, French, formation%20de%20concepts
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- formation de concept 2, record 2, French, formation%20de%20concept
correct, feminine noun
- genèse de concept 3, record 2, French, gen%C3%A8se%20de%20concept
feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Création de concepts servant à caractériser une collection d'objets, d'événements ou de faits. 4, record 2, French, - formation%20de%20concepts
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
genèse : manière dont une chose est formée. 3, record 2, French, - formation%20de%20concepts
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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