Noun: quantization ,kwón-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,kwón-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
- 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]
- 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]
- (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