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Boolean logic

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Boolean logic [boo´le-an]
an algebra that permits operations on sets of elements; it is used in online literature searches. The principal Boolean operators are AND (intersection), OR (union), and NOT (difference).


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She gives practical advice on choosing sources and decoding database searches using keywords and Boolean logic, evaluating sources for reliability and fitness to the topic, locating relevant books and periodicals as well as other time-tested sources such as atlases and bibliographies, selecting academic electronic resources, getting the most of what can be a remarkably coy world wide web, and preparing citations.
Understanding Boolean logic is key to developing a productive search strategy.
Black-and-white diagrams and boolean logic symbols help drive the precepts home, though Artificial Intelligence For Computer Games does not contain any computer code per se--this is a manual of basic techniques that can generalize to any programming system.
 
 
 
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