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decision procedure

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noun

Logic.

  1. a procedure, as an algorithm, for determining in a finite number of steps the validity of any of a certain class of propositions.

Etymology

Origin of decision procedure

First recorded in 1940–45

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The informational base for this class of rules, of which the majority decision procedure is a prominent example, is thus extremely limited, and it is clearly quite inadequate for making informed judgments about welfare economic problems.

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