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Noun: quantization  ,kwón-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,kwón-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. The act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
    "The quantization of energy levels is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics";
    - quantisation [Brit]
     
  2. Process of constraining a continuous set of values to a discrete set
    "quantization is used in digital signal processing to convert analog signals to digital form";
    - quantisation [Brit]
     
  3. (AI) technique of reducing the precision of numerical representations in a model, often to improve computational efficiency
    "quantization of the neural network weights reduced the model size without significant loss in accuracy";
    - quantisation [Brit]

Derived forms: quantizations

Type of: division

Encyclopedia: Quantization