macroinference

noun

Definitions

  1. An inference that is based on multiple small bits of data, each of which contribute a…

    An inference that is based on multiple small bits of data, each of which contribute a supporting microinference.

    • Thus the crucial criterion for selecting middle-level units for macroinferences is the scope of the consequences of behaviors in the microcontext.
    • Assessing the optimality of external borrowing is a difficult proposition indeed, but this need not keep us from reaching macroinferences.
    • Macroinference is not a process of firing a symbolic production but rather of qualitative state change in a dynamical system, such as a phase transition.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for macroinference. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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