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means-ends analysis

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means-ends analysis [′mēnz ′enz ə‚nal·ə·səs]
(computer science)
A method of problem solving in which the difference between the form of the data in the present and desired situations is determined, and an operator is then found to transform from one into the other, or, if this is not possible, objects between the present and desired objects are created, and the same procedure is then repeated on each of the gaps between them.


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Thus, learning productions involves means-ends analysis to identify the difference to be removed (the end) and the action that will remove it (the means).
In general, this type of means-ends analysis has no logical place in regulatory takings doctrine.
 
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