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Recursive vs Backstepping - What's the difference?

recursive | backstepping |

As an adjective recursive

is drawing upon itself, referring back.

As a noun backstepping is

a technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.

recursive

English

Adjective

{{examples-right, sense=function, The factorial function - : f(0) = 1 : f(n) = n \times f(n-1) where n is any natural number greater than 0}} (en adjective)
  • drawing upon itself, referring back.
    • The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
  • (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
  • (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
  • (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
  • (computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

    • Hyponyms

    * (of a function) primitive recursive

    Hypernyms

    * recursively enumerable

    Related terms

    * recursivity * recurrent * recurrence * recursion * recursive conundrum * co-recursive

    Derived terms

    * recursive acronym * tail recursive *

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    backstepping

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia backstepping)
  • (control theory) A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.
  • (geology) A gradual backward movement of organisms or a sedimentary environment caused by changes in environmental factors.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 16, author=Andrew C. Revkin, title=Coral Fossils Suggest That Sea Level Can Rise Rapidly, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Once the sea level stabilized again, the same group of corals grew once more, but farther inshore and up to 10 feet higher in elevation, a process known to geologists as backstepping . }}