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— even when the underlying physical pro- to produce certain strength and/or electrical
cess does not seem to be complex. characteristics.

complex propagation constant propa- composite maximum method a method
gation constant or wave number in a medium of defuzzification in which the defuzzified
with gain or loss. or crisp value is arrived at using the maxi-
mum value of the membership function of
complex system See complex process. the fuzzy set.

composite moments method See
complex transmittance the effect of a
centroid method.
medium on both optical phase and amplitude
of light traversing the medium.
composite second order (CSO) ratio
of the power in the second-order distortion
complexity-constrained maximum-likeli-
products to power in the carrier in a cable
hood the maximum of the likelihood
television channel.
function given some quantifiable complex-
ity constraint, M, i.e., max{p(y|x, M)}.
composite sync a synchronizing sig-
Breadth-first search algorithms can perform
nal consisting of both horizontal and vertical
complexity-constrainedmaximum-likelihood
sync information. Composite sync is used
detection on tree and trellis structured prob-
for providing synchronizing pulses to video
lems.
equipment in the studio.
compliance matrix for the arm end point
compositetransform atransformthatcan
is defined formally by the following expres- be factored into two or more transforms.
sion: J A K −1 T where J A is an analytical
J
A
Jacobian of the manipulator and K a positive composite triple beat (CTB) same as
definite matrix describing joint stiffness of composite second order but for third-order
the manipulator. Matrix K is invertible. No- distortion. See composite second order.
tice that the compliance matrix depends on
the structure of the manipulator and changes composite video (1) a single video sig-
with its position in Cartesian space. See also nal that contains luminance, color, and syn-
stiffness of a manipulator arm and analytical chronization information. NTSC, PAL, and
Jacobian. SECAM are all examples of composite video
formats.
compliant motion motion of the manip- (2) the complete video signal. For B&W,
ulator (robot) when it is in contact with its it consists of the picture signal, blanking
“environment,” such as writing on a chalk- pulses, and synchronizing signals. For color,
board or assembling parts. color synchronizing and color picture infor-
mation are added. See figure.
component mounting site a location on
a packaging and interconnecting structure, compositional rule of inference gener-
consisting of a land pattern and conductor alization of the notion of function. Let X
fan-out to additional lands for testing or vias, and Y be two universes of discourse, A be a
used for mounting a single component. fuzzy set of X, and R is a fuzzy relation in
X × Y. The compositional rule of inference
composite a material usually consisting associates a fuzzy set B in Y to A in three
of a resin supporting fibers of a lightweight steps:
fabric that may be woven and treated in order 1. Cylindrical extension of A in X × Y;

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