Evaluation (disambiguation)

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Evaluation may refer to—

• describing the process of examining information about an evaluand.
• determining the value of an expression (mathematics).
• determining the value of an expression (programming).

• Evaluation is the process of characterizing and appraising something of interest.

• 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron is the USAF's only B-1 operational test unit.

• Australian Drug Evaluation Committee or ADEC, is a committee that provides independent scientific advice to the Australian Government regarding therapeutic drugs.

• Competency evaluation is a means for teachers to determine the ability of their students in other ways besides the standardized test.

• In computer science:
  • Eager evaluation or strict evaluation is the model in which an expression is evaluated as soon as it gets bound to a variable.
  • Evaluation function, also known as heuristic evaluation function or static evaluation function by game-playing programs to estimate the value or goodness of a position in the minimax and related algorithms.
  • Evaluation strategy or reduction strategy is a set of (usually deterministic) rules for defining the evaluation of expressions under β-reduction.
  • Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique commonly known as GERT is a network analysis technique used in project management.
  • Heuristic evaluation is a usability testing method that helps to identify usability problems in a user interface (UI) design.
  • Lazy evaluation is a technique that attempts to delay computation of expressions until the results of the computation are known to be needed.
  • Minimal evaluation or short circuit evaluation is an evaluation strategy in which an expression is only evaluated until the point where its final value is known.
  • Partial evaluation is a technique for program optimization by specialization.
  • Remote evaluation is a general term for any technology that involves the transmission of executable software programs from a client computer to a server computer for subsequent execution at the server.
  • Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit organization that aims to produce fair, impartial and meaningful benchmarks for computers.

• Deadalus Research Evaluation and Development Corporation (DREADCO) is a fictional company dedicated to research and development, especially of the far-fetched inventions of the equally fictional inventor Daedalus.

• Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (normally known as DERA), was a part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) until July 2, 2001.

• Emergy evaluation is an accounting system that has been continuously developed by Howard T. Odum and colleagues.

• Evaluation approaches are conceptually distinct ways of thinking about, designing and conducting evaluation efforts.

• Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) is an assurance requirement as defined by Common Criteria, an international standard.

• Evaluation-net (E-net) formalism was derived from the Petri net formalism in mathematics.

• Formation evaluation is used to determine whether a potential oil or gas field is commercially viable.

• Immanent evaluation is a concept used by Gilles Deleuze in Nietzsche and Philosophy (1962), opposed to transcendent judgment.

• International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) is an association of national research institutions and government research agencies related to education.

• Operations Evaluation Department (OED) is an independent unit within the World Bank.

• Narrative evaluation is a form of performance measurement and feedback which can be used as an alternative or supplement to grading.

• Performance evaluation is a term from the field of language testing and psychometrics.

• Program evaluation is essentially a set of philosophies and techniques to determine if a program 'works'.

• Program Evaluation and Review Technique commonly abbreviated PERT is a model for project management invented by United States Department of Defense's US Navy Special Projects Office.

• Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) is a piece of legislation in the European Union on chemical safety.

• Social evaluation is a shared judgement by a set (or community) of agents.