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@c This document is part of the Liza Data Collection Framework manual.
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@c Copyright (C) 2017 R-T Specialty, LLC.
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@c
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@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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@c with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
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@c Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
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@c Free Documentation License''.
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@node Predicate System
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@chapter Predicate System
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@maintstart
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@footnote{
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New programs (using the old incarnation of TAME) use the classifier
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embedded into the rater by TAME.
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Old ones, however, still use the @dfn{Global Classifier}.
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This system isn't as well tested as TAME's@mdash{
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}which needs to work properly for the sake of calculating premium@mdash{
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}and has suffered from a number of bugs in the past.
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The solution is to migrate all programs to TAME and remove that old
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code.}
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@maintend
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@tip{
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For a practical application of these concepts, see its use in the
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Program@tie{}XML (@pxref{Specifying Predicates}).}
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@cindex Predicate
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@cindex Classifier
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@cindex Applicability
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@cindex Domain of discourse, Predicate
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The @dfn{predicate system} determines the @dfn{applicability} of
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certain objects (like questions and assertions) by associating them
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with predicates.
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The domain of discourse (variables which may be quantified) is listed
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in @ref{t:predicate-dod}.
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What it means for some object to be applicable depends on the context.
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@float Table, t:predicate-dod
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@multitable @columnfractions 0.25 0.10 0.65
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@headitem Type @tab Prefix @tab Description
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@item Classifications
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@tab @emph{None}
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@tab Results of applying an external @dfn{classifier} to the bucket
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(@pxref{Bucket}).
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@item Bucket Truth Predicate
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@tab @code{q:}
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@tab
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Whether the given name in the bucket (@pxref{Bucket}) is
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non-empty and non-zero.
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The prefix @samp{q:} refers to its most common use
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case---questions (@pxref{Program UI,,Program@tie{}UI}).
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@end multitable
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@caption{Predicate system domain of discourse}
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@end float
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This system is limited to universal quantification over the domain of
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discourse.
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For other quantifiers and higher-order logic,
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defer to one of the systems that contributes to the domain of
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discourse,
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like the classifier.@footnote{
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This is usually TAME.
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The Program XML also supports inline classifications
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with TAME's syntax (@pxref{Specifying Predicates}).}
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Predicates are usually specified in the Program XML
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(@pxref{Specifying Predicates}) and compiled into the program
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(@pxref{Program}).
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