Processing Task

A Processing Task is a task that produces some derived thing out of some other (often simpler) thing.

• AKA: Processed, Transformation Task, Conversion Task.
• Context:
  • Input: Source Thing
    • optional: processing parameters
    • optional: transformation rules
  • Output: Derived Thing
  • Measure: Processing Quality Measures
  • ...
  • It can (typically) require Processing Operations
  • It can (typically) follow Transformation Rules
  • It can (typically) maintain Process State
  • It can (often) need Resource Management
  • It can (often) involve Quality Control
  • ...
  • It can range from being a Simple Processing Task to being a Complex Processing Task, depending on its processing complexity
  • It can range from being a Sequential Processing Task to being a Parallel Processing Task, depending on its execution mode
  • It can range from being a Batch Processing Task to being a Stream Processing Task, depending on its data flow
  • It can range from being a Rule-Based Processing Task to being an Adaptive Processing Task, depending on its processing approach
  • ...
  • It can be solved by a Processing System (that implements a processing algorithm)
  • It can maintain Processing State (for tracking)
  • It can generate Processing Results (for evaluation)
  • It can support Quality Assurance (through systematic processing)
  • ...
• Examples:
  • Data Processing Tasks, such as:
    • Information Processing Tasks that transform raw data into meaningful information through systematic analysis
    • Syntactic Parsing Tasks that convert text input into parse trees using grammatical rules
    • Natural Language Processing Tasks that analyze and transform human language using computational linguistics
    • ...
  • Material Processing Tasks, such as:
    • Food Processing Tasks that transform raw ingredients into processed food through cooking methods
    • Chemical Processing Tasks that convert chemical compounds through chemical reactions
    • Metal Processing Tasks that modify raw metals using metallurgical techniques
    • ...
  • Signal Processing Tasks, such as:
    • Audio Processing Tasks that manipulate sound waves using audio filters
    • Image Processing Tasks that transform digital images through pixel operations
    • Video Processing Tasks that modify video streams using frame processing
    • ...
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Optimization Tasks, which improve rather than transform
  • Automation Tasks, which control rather than process
  • Data Analysis Tasks, which examine rather than transform
  • Storage Tasks, which maintain rather than modify
• See: Process, Processing Capability, Production Task, Transformation System.

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References

2009a

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=processed
  • S: (v) process, treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition) "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
  • S: (v) process (deal with in a routine way) "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • S: (v) process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information) "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • S: (v) action, sue, litigate, process (institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against) "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • S: (v) march, process (march in a procession) "They processed into the dining room"
  • S: (v) work, work on, process (shape, form, or improve a material) "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • S: (v) serve, process, swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone) "He was processed by the sheriff"
  • S: (adj) processed (subjected to a special process or treatment) "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread"
  • S: (adj) refined, processed (freed from impurities by processing) "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
  • S: (adj) processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process) "processed ores"

2009b

• (Wiktionary, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/processed
  • Adjective
    • 1. That has completed a required process.
      • The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
      • The bank returned her processed application by mail.
    • 2. Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
      • Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.
  • Verb
    • 1. Simple past tense and past participle of process.

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