Subsumption

The subsumption (also subsumption ), German subordination, is a classificatory process in which one assigns a term or structure under another term or other structure. The procedure of Subsumtionslogik or classification logic is considered antonym of dialectical logic.

• In the logic of subsumption refers to the hierarchical order of terms, see subsumption ( philosophy).
• In the jurisprudence of the term is understood as an application of a legal standard to a situation, that is, as the subordination of the state of affairs under the requirements of the standard, see subsumption ( right ).
• In linguistics, the subsumption in the phrase structure grammar is a relation between two feature structures or attribute-value matrices represent, see attribute-value matrix.
• In economics, a distinction is made ( subject bound by instructions and direct control) and Real ( Taking place under the laws of the market) subsumption, see formal and real subsumption between Formal.
• In computer science, artificial intelligence, more specifically, the knowledge representation, the subsumption is used in description logics, to calculate whether a concept is ( a lot of well-defined objects ) is a subset of another concept in the area.

Etymology

The word comes from the Latin ( sub, under, and sumere, take, second participle sumptum ), but the German has held the required from the Latin " subsumption " the spelling without the " p" naturalized.