In mathematics, the multiplicity of a member of a multiset is the number of times it appears in the multiset. For example, the number of times a given polynomial has a root at a given point is the multiplicity of that root.
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How to deal with multiplicity when checking if an arraylist is a subset
I have two Arraylist and I want to check if one is a subset of the other (ordering is not important in the comparison).
The problem is: Lets say Ar1={e,e,r} and Ar2={e,r,b,d}. In my code it says Ar1 is a subset. But I want it to say false, cause…

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Entity Framework - Change Relationship Multiplicity
I have a table [User] and another table [Salesperson] in my database. [Salesperson] defines a unique UserID which maps to [User].UserID with a foreign key. When I generate the model with Entity Framework I get a 1-to-Many relationship between…

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How does the Entity Framework tell whether a multiplicity of "one" or "zero or one" should be used on a relationship?
I'm programmatically creating an edmx file as part of our code generation process and I'd like to know how the designer decides to use "1" or "0..1" for a relationship when you "Update model from database". Any insight on this? Thanks
Edit:
Ok, I…

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How to read multiplicity in UML
I'm learning about UML, but I am confused about the concept of multiplicity. Consider the Customer class and Order class, in this diagram:
First: which class does the number 1 belong to? what about the 0..*?
Second: 1 on the line up, 0..* on the…

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How to implement `Show` interface for parameterized tuple?
I have Coord function that transforms an n-dimensional size to the type of coordinates bounded by given size: Coord [2,3] = (Fin 2, Fin 3).
import Data.Fin
import Data.List
Size : Type
Size = List Nat
Coord : Size -> Type
Coord [] = ()
Coord s@(_…

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UML Aggregation Multiplicity
What do the diagram's multiplicity values mean?
Do they mean each ShoeStore must have 1 instance of NikeShoes, and that the same instance can be part of many ShoeStore instances? In other words, many ShoeStores might have the same pair of shoes (an…

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UML Multiplicity: "0..*" vs "*"
Is there any difference between 0..* and * for representing multiplicity in UML Class Diagrams? I cannot find a comprehensive guide online for multiplicity notations. To me they both seem to be saying the same thing conceptually.

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UML association class and OOP languages
I am building a web application with Django,
I did the design app with UML2.
i read that association class concept does not exist in object oriented programming languages, is that true ??
thank you.
class diagram

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Multiplicity in association in class diagram
This may sounds stupid but I am confused with the multiplicity between two classed in UML class diagram.
The classes are admin and payment.
It is very clear that
1 admin can accept 0..* payment,
but I'm not sure about can 0..* payment accepted by 1…
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ClassDiagramm 0..1 to 0..1 relation missing steps to convert into java code
I want to write java code by an uml/class-diagram. But I'm not sure about it or how to write it for the relation 0..1 to 0..1
I didn't find any information about this relation.
1 to 0..1 is possible and I know how to create it.
Here is my class…

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Regarding 1 to 1 associations in UML class models
We often encounter class models, in UML modeling, that state a 1 x 1 or 1 x 1..* or 1..* x 1 or 1..* x 1..* association between given classes.
Take the example: Player 1..11 x 1 Team.
Wouldn't that impose a practical problem, in which it wouldn't…

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UML multiplicity difference
What is the difference between multiplicity * and 0..*?
For example two versions (A and B) of the same relationship:
What will be more correct for statement Web-service is used by any number of users?

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Two to one multiplicity? - UML Class Diagram
I was creating a class diagram and I realised I wasn't certain about multiplicity.
If a class holds two objects of another type of class does that make the multiplicity 2 to 1 or just 1 to 1?
Example:
Hope the question makes sense.
Thanks in…

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Why multiplicity.SIMPLE edges cannot be included in vertex-centric indices?
I have an Edgelabel
ContainsAttribute which has Multiplicity.SIMPLE
These edges also have a property let's call it x that I want to make the vertex-centric index on.
PropertyKey propertyX = mgmt.getPropertyKey("x");
EdgeLabel containsAttributeLabel…

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SQL multiplicity many to many insertion process
my question it seems to be pretty simple but unfortunately i couldn't find any satisfactory answer for this.
Please take a look on the following example:
Table Author define a author, Document has at least one author and table Authors group all…

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