(n.) The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.
(n.) A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would seem logical to select an antihypertensive drug that does not reduce exercise capacity when treating physically active patients with mild and moderate hypertension.
(2) In clinical situations in which complement is damaging, the logical therapy should be, if at all possible, the removal of the activated complement components from the circulation.
(3) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(4) The rationale for this assumption seems logical because using all of the available accommodation is not sustainable without discomfort.
(5) He always had a logical approach to his arguments and I would have described him as fair at the time.
(6) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(7) The ordered aspect of the genetic code table makes this result a plausible starting point for studies of the origin and evolution of the genetic code: these could include, besides a more refined optimization principle at the logical level, some effects more directly related to the physico-chemical context, and the construction of realistic models incorporating both aspects.
(8) The diagnosis of cervical injuries may be facilitated by following a logical pattern of analysis searching for abnormalities of alignment and anatomy, of bony integrity, of the cartilage or joint spaces, and of the soft tissues.
(9) The end of the cold war and a reshaping of the threats faced by the UK had undermined the logic of nuclear deterrence strategy, he said.
(10) Cameron knew the latter option was not open to him, and had the guts to follow where the implacable logic led.
(11) Results reveal a logical, understandable, and largely adaptive response to intractable seizures and offer little support for the concept of a dysfunctional or pathological interictal personality style.
(12) It imposes a standard of logical reductionism and methodological purity that not only violates the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge, but imposes an invalid standard of verification and scientific confirmation.
(13) A second, un-named Encephalitozoon-like intestinal microsporidia has been identified in five AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea; because it infects lamina propria macrophages, it was logical to investigate its dissemination.
(14) Bypass of surgically inaccessible stenoses or occlusions appears to be a logical technique to prevent future stroke but there is much uncertainty about the clinical indications for surgery and even the natural history of the lesions being bypassed.
(15) The apotheosis of the cockamamie logic surrounding the sale, is the idea that some of the City institutions set to make a killing may own our pensions.
(16) The strict logic is on Sir Menzies's side, but Britain's asymmetric devolution is not unique.
(17) So, logic would dictate that if Greeks are genuinely in favour of reform – and opinion polls have consistently shown wide support for many of the structural changes needed – they would be foolish to give these two parties another chance.
(18) Therefore it would be valuable to use a representation that would allow: knowledge transfer between different systems, users, experts and 'importers' to be able to evaluate the logic, experts to easily input their knowledge and be guided how to use the syntax.
(19) the institutional logic: child's age when admitted, institutional categories.
(20) The implications of these observations in supporting a model of phleomycin amplification proposed previously (6) and their utility in providing a logic for developing a new class of antibiotics are discussed.
Prolog
Definition:
(n. & v.) Prologue.
Example Sentences:
(1) They outline basic structures of Prolog and its type of function.
(2) Trees and recursivity allow a very efficient codification into LISP or PROLOG.
(3) The program, which was written in PROLOG and developed under MS-DOS Operating System, runs on IBM-compatible personal computers equipped with hard-disk and mouse.
(4) PROLOG is used as knowledge representation formalism.
(5) It is proposed that PROLOG is a suitable tool for symbolic image processing, once standard preprocessing has been done.
(6) The classification with PROLOG is then compared with the methods of logistic regression and with discriminant analysis.
(7) Several modules of the expert system were converted into Prolog programs and compiled, decreasing the running time significantly.
(8) An expert system (cadi-yac), written in Turbo-Prolog and working on IBM PC and Bacanal + (a management software of microbiology laboratory) was used to recognize and correct the phenotype of antibiotic sensibility.
(9) In this manner the computer-based system, implemented in Prolog, can be used to provide advice concerning insulin therapy by means of making qualitative predictions of patient outcome of blood glucose profile resulting from alternative insulin regimens.
(10) This paper deals with the application of an AI language, based on mechanical theorem prover (PROLOG), to deduce drug interactions.
(11) PROLOG (PROgramming in LOGic) is the declarative programming language at the heart of the Japanese fifth-generation computer project.
(12) Our first attempt consisted in representing knowledge in a rule-based PROLOG system.
(13) Using a high level computer language presently used in the artificial intelligence field (Prolog), a microcomputer based system for the differential diagnosis of dysmorphic syndromes is described.
(14) A program is presented that finds hydrophobic microdomains, making use of protein structure data stored in an object-oriented database and the list-processing features of Prolog.
(15) RHINOS is based on the above hypothesis as represented by the programming language Prolog, which is operative on an NEC PC-9801 microcomputer with reasonable CPU time.
(16) The expert system was written in Prolog and has been designed in such a way that it can be readily modified to take into account the state-to-state variability in eligibility requirements for AFDC Medicaid.
(17) A model of expert system using Prolog language was developed, to verify the coherence of the results of the antibiotic sensitivity test.
(18) We describe here an interactive program that generates files in Prolog clausal form from the most commonly distributed protein structural data collections.
(19) Preliminary results indicate a definite prologation of survival time, especially in cases of small-cell bronchogenic carcinoma.
(20) The database can be queried using the logic programming language Prolog or the query language Daplex.