Sentences with phrase «model the distribution of»

The intent to model the distribution of the four Bornean otters could not be realized because too few records could be traced.

Given an instantaneous forcing, a CRF models the distribution of the resulting temperature change over time.

Part (b) shows that the observed trend lies comfortably within the model distribution of trends from 1984 - 1998.

Oman, L., A. Robock, G. Stenchikov, T. Thordarson, D. Koch, D. Shindell, and C. Gao, 2006: Modeling the distribution of the volcanic aerosol cloud from the 1783 Laki Eruption.

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But in an age of endless cable channels, binge watching and YouTube, this carefully controlled distribution model looks increasingly antiquated.

One way Minhas reduces the risk of her investments is to focus on markets or models she knows well, particularly consumer packaged goods, and manufacturing and distribution operations.

Following successful models like the X-Prize, private - and public - sector leaders should work together to set up a high - profile Canada Prize that offers incentives for entrepreneurs and researchers to solve critical problems with commercial and public benefits, like cheap desalination units or better distribution of electricity to villages.

Otherwise you need some sort of distribution model to get your wine out there and get it sold.

A typical Geekbench distribution should show one big peak — that's the score an iPhone model should get when it's running at full strength, and iPhones of the same model should get about the same score.

Montreuil is working with two major French distribution companies to model the principles of the physical Internet.

As positive as FXR's second attempt at outsourcing distribution was in Scandinavia, Reimer was leery of using the same model when he expanded into less - secure Russia.

Since then, my team has worked relentlessly to expand the applications of this model beyond peer - to - peer gifting to far more scalable forms of distribution.

I got out of my bad deal and went into a wholesale distribution model.

Canada is preparing for the legalization of recreational marijuana later this year, but the distribution model for pot differs widely between provinces.

At the other end of the spectrum, Mail Boxes Etc. uses a scale of minus 2 to 2 for each of 20 criteria, which are weighted to arrive at a total score; Jinwoong, the sporting - goods marketer, uses an «eight - link chain» model for managing decisions about potential new products; the links detail the company's strengths in eight areas, such as distribution and in - store merchandising.

«Regardless of what they make, toy startups have an advantage that Mattel, Hasbro, and Lego lack: They can start supply chains and distribution models from scratch.

In general, their instincts have guided them well, chiefly in the direction of measured expansion and rapid diversification (new product categories, new distribution models, international growth, real estate investments).

It has deals with the USPS that puts them competitively ahead of other distribution models.

«Menswear is starting to develop its own legs, and we're only in the second or third inning of where it's going,» says Hil Davis, co-founder of J.Hilburn, which has brought custom - tailored clothing into the digital age, disrupting retail prices with a blend of in - person style - advisor meetings and a direct - to - consumer distribution model.

Since distribution through social networks has become one of the primary ways people find news and information, the report says, «decisions made by Facebook, Google, and others now dictate strategy for all news organizations, but especially those with advertising - based models.

Buffett and Van Tuyl both said that while Tesla Motors Inc has a model of selling cars directly to consumers, the volume is too low to affect the U.S. auto distribution system.

This effectively makes Living Goods a nonprofit incubator of for - profit distribution models.

HealthEquity uses a so - called business - to - business - to - consumer model, which allows for distribution of its products through health insurance companies and, by extension, giant companies including Google and American Express.

Rosenstein said some of the key ways the web has changed collaboration that he wants Asana's software to take advantage of include the ease of moving information around, the ability of changes someone makes be transparent to other people instantly, and a hosted distribution model.

«Our traditional assumptions of ownership are really frustrated by these digital distribution models,» said Aaron Perzanowski, an associate professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

The combination of a high number of bearish distribution days and sudden weakness in leadership stocks has forced our proprietary timing model out of its two - month old «Buy» mode as of the November 6 close (details of the newly updated trading signal are restricted to actual Wagner Daily subscribers).

Third, the specifications of their econometric models differ, thereby resulting in different results, even if they used the same economic forecasts and distributions.

With the merging of social gaming and mobile comes a mashup of monetization and distribution models.

Again, their entire business model depends upon access to and distribution of private personal data.

The report: The life and annuity industry is a slow - growth proposition and company managers need to hunt for higher returns by rethinking business models by rearranging like Lego blocks distribution, underwriting or customer service components of their companies.

For entrepreneurs just starting out, Eric's most important bit of advice is that once they've established product - market fit (always the first step), their focus should shift to product - marketing fit, with the goal of finding innovative distribution models to get ahead of the competition.

We are reviewing the measurement issues that are exacerbated by the proliferation of digital and services - oriented technologies.11 We are also developing our macroeconomic models to better account for changes in the distribution of income and wealth.

While Netflix's business model drives down the costs of distribution, it doesn't solve the considerable cost of creating all that content.

RIM developed a business model which used wireless service providers as their distribution channel; this led to rapid expansion of their customer base, significant revenue growth, and of course, profitability.

The model shown in the following painting attempts to diagram the three variables of Price, Expected Return and Uncertainty, resulting in a distribution of actual monthly returns shown at the bottom.

The genius of Netflix was in applying a digital distribution model to what is essentially the same linear business model of a TV network.

Slapping digital distribution on top of a traditional, linear business model doesn't much change the economic fundamentals.

The economics of scarcity that have driven TV — one new episode a week, drawn out release schedules and so on — disappear with a digital distribution model.

The first quarter was also highlighted by the launch of our new distribution model in France, which we are confident will accelerate our household penetration in this large market going forward.»

But for a huge media conglomerate like Disney, even that kind of success isn't enough, especially when Disney knew that a licensing model would mean higher margins and less risk than running an internally - funded effort that shoulders responsibility for marketing, distribution, toy production, physical inventory, and a 300 - person game development studio.

, Lingjie Ma and George Patterson apply a quantile regression model (considering effects across the distribution) to investigate long - run relationships between the price of gold and various economic and financial variables.

In our last blog post, Benefits of a rules - based trading system, we said the following: «On May 1 (Tuesday), the combination of heavy volume selling in the Nasdaq, bearish «stalling action» in the S&P 500, and a «distribution day» (higher volume selling) the prior day forced us to cut long exposure in our model swing trading portfolio from approximately 38 % down to 17 % by the following day's open (May 2).

Benoit's book decimates the notion of a normal distribution of stock price changes and all of the models that rely on it: the efficient - market hypothesis, CAPM, Value at Risk [VAR] etc..

In examples that appear to be modelled after the ill - fated e-Gold service, FinCEN describes the typical activities of these types of entity as the electronic distribution of digital certificates of ownership of real currencies or precious metals.»

Many analysts treat cord - cutting as an existential threat to the business model of TV networks, but it's really just a change to the means of distribution.

Sysco Corporation (SYY), the largest foodservice distribution network in the world, is one of the stocks in November's Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio.

When determining if your business is right for an unsecured business loan, our underwriters analyze a variety of metrics such as big data, historical risk models, and trade line distribution to determine its unique growth potential instead of just looking at your credit score.

Most option pricing models, such as Black Scholes, assume that the probability distribution of stock returns is a nice, symmetrical bell.

Similarly, economists can deduce probability distributions for stock market returns based on theoretical models of investor behavior.

In addition, the distribution model of relying on brokers or investment advisors for retail distribution is expensive.