lurch

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lurch¹

(lûrch)

intr.v., lurched, lurch·ing, lurch·es.

To stagger. See synonyms at blunder.
To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. The car gave a start and then lurched forward.

A staggering or tottering movement or gait.
An abrupt rolling or pitching.

[Origin unknown.]

lurchingly lurch'ing·ly adv.

lurch² (lûrch) pronunciation

n.
The losing position of a cribbage player who scores 30 points or less to the winner's 61.

idiom:

in the lurch

In a difficult or embarrassing position.

[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English lurching, a total victory at a kind of game, perhaps akin to lurken, to lurk. See lurk.]

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verb

To walk unsteadily: falter, reel, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, weave, wobble. See move/halt.
To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis: pitch, roll, seesaw, yaw. See move/halt, straight/bent.
To move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion: jerk, snap, twitch, wrench, yank. See move/halt, push/pull.

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Definition: move toward with jerk
Antonyms: retreat

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IN BRIEF: To lean suddenly to one side as though about to fall.

If you hit that bump, the bicycle will lurch to one side and fall over.

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LURCH is a tool for software design debugging that uses a nondeterministic algorithm to quickly explore the reachable states of a software model. By performing a partial and random search, LURCH looks for faults in the model and reports the pathways leading to the faults.

Contents

1 Explanation
- 1.1 Conventional algorithms
- 1.2 Nondeterministic analysis methods
2 Decisions on using LURCH
3 See also
4 References

Explanation

Conventional algorithms

Conventional algorithms for exploring a system's state space are deterministic, in that they have specific decision paths for mapping inputs to outputs. Nondeterministic algorithms, on the other hand, do not have such specific paths, allowing for the same inputs to result in different outputs. Deterministic analysis is often considered safer than nondeterministic methods since it explores all possible system states in an exhaustive and thorough way. Nondeterministic analysis, however, may only explore a subset of the entire state space, and thereby miss some of the possible faults.

Nondeterministic analysis methods

Much evidence supports the notion of clumping (computer science), where the effective state space of a program is small compared to all reachable states. A tool such as LURCH is especially useful in such situations. However, depending on the problem, if clumping does not occur, the nondeterministic approach may not be very effective. Yet in such situations, LURCH can at least report whether performing a nondeterministic search will be safe or not.

Decisions on using LURCH

Menzies et al. in [1] argue that LURCH is no less safe than conventional deterministic algorithms for software model analysis; that LURCH is simple, competent, fast, scalable, and a stable nondeterministic analysis method:

LURCH is simple: The following is pseudocode for LURCH, which is considerably easier to implement compared to more complex standard model checkers.

function step(Q, state)
    while Q is not empty
        // choose a transition at random
        tr := random_pop(Q)
        // modify state vector accordingly
        execute_outputs(tr, state)
        // disqualify transitions ruled out by choice
        for tr' in same machine as tr
           delete(Q, tr')

function check(state)
    local_fault_check(state)
    deadlock_check(state)
    // cycle_check requires hash table
    cycle_check(state)

function lurch(max_paths, max_depth)
   repeat max_paths times
       // set all machines to initial state
       for m in machines
           state[m] := 0
       // generate a global state path
       repeat max_depth times
           for tr in transitions
               // see if transition is blocked
               if check_inputs(tr)
                   // if not, put it in the queue
                   push(Q, tr)
               // get next global state
               step(Q, state)
               // see if next state represents a fault
               check(state)

References

Menzies, Owen, Heimdahl, Gao, Cukic, Nondeterminism: Unsafe?

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - slingren, dinglen, slingrende skridt, slingregang, slingrevals, overhaling, krængning, tilbøjelighed, forkærlighed
v. intr. - slingre, dingle, rave, tumle, krænge over, tage en overhaling

2.
n. - en situation i spil hvor den ene side scorer meget mindre end den anden

idioms:

leave in the lurch svigte, lade i stikken

Nederlands (Dutch)
plotseling vooruitschieten, slingeren, slinger, slingering, plotseling vooruitschietende beweging, zijwaartse beweging van schip

Français (French)
1.
n. - embardée, coup de roulis (un navire), pas titubant (d'un ivrogne)
v. intr. - faire une embardée (une voiture), tanguer

2.
n. - faux-bond, abandon, défaite (aux jeux)

idioms:

leave in the lurch laisser (qn) dans le pétrin, planter là (qn)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Rucken, Schlingern
v. - rucken, schlingern

2.
n. - Matsch

idioms:

leave in the lurch im Stich lassen, hängenlassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρίκλισμα, μπότζι, κλυδωνισμός, σκαμπανέβασμα, ταρακούνημα, γέρσιμο, απότομη κλίση
v. - τρικλίζω, ταλαντεύομαι, σκαμπανεβάζω, ταρακουνιέμαι, κλυδωνίζομαι

idioms:

leave in the lurch παρατάω σύξυλο, αφήνω στα κρύα του λουτρού

Italiano (Italian)
sbandamento

idioms:

leave in the lurch piantare in asso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bordo (m), guinada (f), cambaleio (m)
v. - guinar, dar guinadas, cambalear

idioms:

leave in the lurch deixar em apuros

Русский (Russian)
крениться, идти нетвердой походкой, крен, пошатывание, склонность, серьезное поражение

idioms:

leave in the lurch покинуть кого-л. в беде

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - sacudida, tumbo, guiñada, bandazo
v. intr. - andar tambaleándose, dar tumbos

idioms:

leave in the lurch dejar a alguien en la estacada, abandonar en dificultades

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överhalning, (plötslig) krängning, raglande, vinglande, (Am.) dragning, fallenhet, (åld. spel) bet, jan
v. - göra en överhalning, kränga, (fam.) ragla, vingla, lura

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 突然倾斜, 蹒跚, 东倒西歪地向前, 踉跄, 摇晃

idioms:

leave in the lurch 在某人危难时舍弃不顾

2. 惨败, 挫折, 倾斜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 慘敗, 挫折, 傾斜

2.
v. intr. - 突然傾斜, 蹣跚, 東倒西歪地向前
n. - 突然傾斜, 蹣跚, 踉蹌, 搖晃

idioms:

leave in the lurch 在某人危難時捨棄不顧

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 갑작스런 요동, 비틀거림, 기울어짐
v. intr. - 갑자기 기울다, 비틀거리다

2.
n. - 방치, 불리한 입장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 急に傾くこと, よろめき, 窮状, 大敗, 突然の揺れ
v. - 急に傾く, よろめく, ラーチで破る, 不意に揺れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميلان السفينه فجأة إلى جانب, تمايل, ترنح, هزيمه منكرة في لعبه ما (فعل) يطوف بالمكان خلسه, يتمايل, يترنح, يغش, يخدع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תנועת פתע הצידה, הטיה, נטייה, טלטול‬
v. intr. - ‮התנודד, נע בטלטולים‬
n. - ‮עמדת הפסד של שחקן קריבאג' (משחק-קלפים) עם 03 נקודות או פחות לעומת 16 של הזוכה‬

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LURCH

Explanation

Conventional algorithms

Nondeterministic analysis methods

Decisions on using LURCH

See also

References

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