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French to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Mathematics & Statistics
French term or phrase:scalérisation
La méthode de recalcul des données pourra ensuite se faire via un redressement des données pays, ou une scalérisation (affectation de poids aux modalités des questions de satisfaction)
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SCALARIZATION: the ORDERING OF VALUES within a value range of an attribute so as to form an evaluative scale, e.g. ordering batteries from more favorable to less favorable in the order of Lithium, NiMH, NiCad, Alkaline. The scalarization is done according to an evaluative metric—meaning the question of which aspect, element, or quality of the attribute was chosen for the scalarization. For example, batteries were ordered above probably according to their charge-life and lack of “memory,” but if they were to be ordered according to ease-of-availability and/or being least-expensive, the scalarization would be different because a different evaluative metric had been adopted. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2005/0004880.html
In case it's not clear, scalarization (scalarisation in British English) is the replacement of a non-scalar problem by a scalar one. The non-scalar problem has data in an array (of one or more dimensions: a one-dimensional array is a vector). Scalarising an operation on an array means operating on each element of the array, since by definition an element of an array is a scalar (i.e. usually a single number).
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scalarization
Explanation: Taken from the English/mathematicese, I suspect.
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SCALARIZATION: the ORDERING OF VALUES within a value range of an attribute so as to form an evaluative scale, e.g. ordering batteries from more favorable to less favorable in the order of Lithium, NiMH, NiCad, Alkaline. The scalarization is done according to an evaluative metric—meaning the question of which aspect, element, or quality of the attribute was chosen for the scalarization. For example, batteries were ordered above probably according to their charge-life and lack of “memory,” but if they were to be ordered according to ease-of-availability and/or being least-expensive, the scalarization would be different because a different evaluative metric had been adopted. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2005/0004880.html
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