Sentences with phrase «consensus model rather»

Both the larger platform and the Stratis token are actually based on bitcoin, with some modifications and additions such as implementing a proof - of - stake consensus model rather than the proof - of - work model used by bitcoin.

Stratis uses a proof - of - stake consensus model rather than proof of work.

Not exact matches

We live in an age whose chief moral value has been determined, by overwhelming consensus, to be the absolute liberty of personal volition, the power of each of us to choose what he or she believes, wants, needs, or must possess; our culturally most persuasive models of human freedom are unambiguously voluntarist and, in a rather debased and degraded way, Promethean; the will, we believe, is sovereign because unpremised, free because spontaneous, and this is the highest good.

«Rather than create a one - size - fits - all model, it's important to bring all the parties together to understand what is important to everyone and then to work towards consensus,» Walsh said.

As evidenced by the U.S. Department of Education's recent move to allow states flexibility in using growth models to calculate average yearly progress, there is a growing consensus that indicators of teacher effectiveness should be based on student growth rather than on predetermined levels of performance.

With some authors taking to publishing forums to find out more, the consensus seems to be that Amazon may be shifting its print arm to this model rather than CreateSpace.

Further to my point that if your valuation models use forward estimates rather than twelve - month trailing data, you're doing it wrong, here are the results of our Quantitative Value backtest on the use of consensus Institutional Brokers» Estimate System (I / B / E / S) earnings forecasts of EPS for the fiscal year (available 1982 through 2010) for individual stock selection:

That's not to say global cooling is the correct model, but to claim it is incorrect simply because it has not gained a consensus inside of 40 years is rather disingenious.

Because the alleged IPCC «consensus» is so widely trusted, many climate scientists who haven't studied man - made global warming theory or the predictions of the computer models assume that they must be reliable merely «because the IPCC says so», rather than checking for themselves.

Or, at least, none of the consensus climate models predicted this cooling, which is why, to avoid looking completely ridiculous, AGW believers now refer to «climate change» rather than «global warming.»

In terms of your request for something substantial, I responded to your original claim that «the theory relies on computer models» with a link to a RealClimate post that shows this claim is not correct — rather than computer models, the foundations of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change are built upon our understanding of how the atmosphere works and how we are changing it by emitting greenhouse gases.

Rather than confounding the climate consensus, mid-century cooling is actually a good test for the climate models, one they are passing quite convincingly.

DAGW «consensus» believers apparently do not like your analyses, because they are based on actual observations of past climate trends rather than on model predictions of future climate changes, which myopically fixate on the human - induced aspect only.

I see two things here, (1) the need to go back to the drawing board on climate modeling with special attention to the causes of natural variations and with a rigorously independent validation program, and (2) the world community needs to be exposed to the real debates in climate science rather than statements amounting to a consensus of those who already agree with a certain consensus.

Of course, if the consensus climate models turn out to be falsified just a few years later, average temperature having remained at levels not even admitted to be have been physically possible, the authority of consensus will have been exposed as rather weak.