While investment advisers have relied for
years on computer models to fine tune their clients» portfolios of mutual funds, for example, the advent of fully automated investing services emerged just in the last five years.
Not exact matches
Tech columnist John Gruber of the web site Daringfireball.net, says it's fitting for Apple (aapl) to add a deluxe «Pro»
model to the iPhone line as it has done with iPads and Mac
computers, especially because the company probably can't source enough of the OLED screens this
year to include them
on every phone.
The firm, a so - called quantitative hedge fund that uses
computer models to drive trading, is shuttering the eight -
year old, $ 1 billion portfolio at the end of the month, according to a letter sent to investors
on Tuesday and read to Reuters.
It would be like trying to
model 1000
years of global climate change
on a TRS - 80
computer when it takes a modern 16,000 processor supercomputer a week to process the data.
To see whether this increase in crops has influenced the region's unusual weather, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge used
computers to
model five different 30 -
year climate simulations, based
on data from 1982 to 2011.
Research reported earlier this
year hinted that events in the stratosphere might directly affect the oceans, but those findings were based
on a single climate
model and a
computer simulation that
modeled the stratosphere for a relatively short 260
years.
By reconstructing past global warming and the carbon cycle
on Earth 56 million
years ago, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute among others have used
computer modelling to estimate the potential perspective for future global warming, which could be even warmer than previously thought.
In the next five to 10
years, we'll eliminate much of animal toxicology and move
on to smarter systems using
computer algorithms and
modeling,» he says.
The researchers compared 100
years of weather records from the Arctic and 50 - plus
years of those kept
on Antarctica with the results of four
computer models.
Using this input, a sophisticated
computer model developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, was used to determine which areas receive direct sunlight, how much solar radiation reaches the surface, and how the conditions change over the course of a
year on Ceres.
The «pruning module» (robot, cameras,
computer and cutters) will be mounted
on an over-the-row-harvester, says Gunkel, who estimates that the first
models could be in vineyards within five
years.
They test their hypotheses about the universe by developing mathematical
models that describe the underlying complex physical processes and run them
on high - performance
computers trying to reproduce the evolution of the Universe over billions of
years.
«Of course, we can not predict individual rainstorms in California and their local impacts months or seasons ahead, but we can use our climate
computer model to determine whether
on average the next
year will have drier or wetter soils or more or less wildfires.
They transform their knowledge about the physical processes forming our universe into mathematical
models and simulate the evolution of our universe
on high - performance
computers over billions of
years.
The new
model is based
on computer simulations of separate collisions between the asteroid Vesta and a pair of 20 - mile - long (32 kilometers) rocks within the last billion
years.
The new work, based
on computer models, paints a picture of ancient Mars, more than 3.5 billion
years ago, as looking somewhat like the deserts of the U.S. Southwest, sans cacti of course.
The conclusion is based
on a new
computer model that assumes that over timescales of a few
years to thousands of
years, the surface of the Earth behaves like a very thick fluid.
So for her first three
years on the job, Jackman used
computers to
model the exact location of the center of the Pluto system (which includes one large moon and four far smaller ones in addition to Pluto).
Gordon Lafer, in an in - depth report this
year for the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), notes that Rocketship's educational
model rests
on four strategies: «the replacement of teachers with
computers for a significant portion of the day; a reliance
on young and inexperienced teachers for the rest of the day; narrowing the curriculum to math and reading with little attention to other subjects; and even within these subjects, a relentless focus
on preparing students for standardized tests.»
Changes to US
models of Hyundai Azera include lower starting price of $ 31,000 ($ 1,250 reduction from 2013), refined steering feel and precision, standard 6 - inch color LCD audio display with rearview camera, standard driver blind - spot mirror, new electroluminescent gauge cluster with color LCD trip
computer, new 8 - inch navigation system standard
on Limited, power - folding side mirrors standard
on Limited, Hyundai Assurance Connected Care telematics services standard for three
years.
Today only there's a Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 sale of the 64 GB
model, where the Fire HDX 8.9 sees a price cut to a mere $ 299: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HG1TMK0/ Saving $ 180
on a tablet
computer is a big deal, so this will probably be the greatest tablet discount of the entire
year, better than Black Friday and Cyber Monday even.
The impacts I listed above are not based
on computer model projections of what things will look like in 100
years, they are things that the average person can see and witness right now.
This is the first of two pieces
on the recent IPCC workshop in Hawaii, This brought together independent researchers from all over the world to analyse
computer model simulations of the last 150
years and to assess whether they are actually any good.
As an environmental scientist myself, with more than 10
years experience working with hydrological
computer models, I am very wary of policy formulated
on the output of
models, especially with respect to a system as complex and poorly understood as the Earth's climate system.
The lines of evidence and analysis supporting the mainstream position
on climate change are diverse and robust — embracing a huge body of direct measurements by a variety of methods in a wealth of locations
on the Earth's surface and from space, solid understanding of the basic physics governing how energy flow in the atmosphere interacts with greenhouse gases, insights derived from the reconstruction of causes and consequences of millions of
years of natural climatic variations, and the results of
computer models that are increasingly capable of reproducing the main features of Earth's climate with and without human influences.
Some of the very wet
years are caused by El Nino, a reversal of winds over the Pacific Ocean that has been going
on every few
years ever since there was a Pacific Ocean... People... will cite
computer models predicting that El Ninos should become stronger or more frequent with global warming, but there are an awful lot of other
models showing that they won't change or that they might even lessen in frequency.
I wondered that if you put ten collectors
on each house and had a
computer model that regarded the suns course throughout the year and laid out the panels so that there would be an optimized return and shared the gain, this is to say that there was a junction at the entrance to the neighborhood, and the savings were deducted from the homes or paid for the collectors (the Clinton Model) then that might be a good t
model that regarded the suns course throughout the
year and laid out the panels so that there would be an optimized return and shared the gain, this is to say that there was a junction at the entrance to the neighborhood, and the savings were deducted from the homes or paid for the collectors (the Clinton
Model) then that might be a good t
Model) then that might be a good thing.
Because the
model are multiasked, we will have the capacity
on the Cray
computers for quick and efficient 100 -
year runs.
But that raises the question: If the temperature plateau continued for another 10
years, would that be enough to cast doubt
on the climate
computer model predictions?
To see whether this increase in crops has influenced the region's unusual weather, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge used
computers to
model five different 30 -
year climate simulations, based
on data from 1982 to 2011.
Much of what we know and conclude about climate change is based
on computer models, which have proven to be inaccurate over the
years, and the Antarctic sea ice growth is another example of where the
model went wrong.
The rise of the environmental movement began in the 1970s, but really took off in the 1980s with the greatest hoax of the modern era, the claim based entirely
on corrupt
computer models and astonishingly stupid «science», that the Earth was within a decade, then twenty, then fifty
years, of being destroyed by the rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.
25
years of collecting unreliable (at best) and «noisy» temperature data from all over the face of the world,
computer modeling over an even smaller span of
years by people working
on government grants and there you have it folks, predictions of gloom and doom for our planet with «information» extrapolated from 1850 to 2300 with all sorts of «
modeled» graphs and pretty «manufactured» pictures offered as proof.
The 1,018 - page report convincingly and systematically challenges IPCC claims that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing «dangerous» global warming and climate change; that IPCC
computer models can be relied
on for alarming climate forecasts and scenarios; and that we need to take immediate, drastic action to prevent «unprecedented» climate and weather events that are no more frequent or unusual than what humans have had to adapt to and deal with for thousands of
years.
When I am told by «believers», of these predictions made from
computer models, I ask them to imagine themselves in Edwardian England
on a lovely summers day in May 1914 and please outline history to the
year 2000.
For many
years, they have been based
on integrated assessment
models (IAMs)--
computer models that explore the projected interplay of population, economics and energy use up to the
year 2100.
A «science» based
on computer models that can't even accurately «predict» known climate conditions from the past, but we can be sure that they can accurately predict unknown climate conditions a hundred
years in the future.
MEXICO CITY, February 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com)- An eminent Mexican geophysicist says that despite predictions of global warming based
on computer models, the world may be
on the verge of an eighty -
year cold period similar to the «little ice age» experienced by Europe from 1300 to 1800 A.D..
I would be grateful if you could supply me with the information that Lord Deben used to make these claims (1 - 4), which is «not based
on computer model's», but «based upon a whole range of intricate, very careful measuring of the situation, over 30
years», and which is «absolutely true».
The lack of warming for more than a decade — indeed, the smaller - than - predicted warming over the 22
years since the UN's Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) began issuing projections — suggests that
computer models have greatly exaggerated how much warming additional CO2 can cause.
After a 25 -
year career in the remodeling industry, he has dedicated himself to advancing residential green building and remodeling by consulting with, speaking to, writing for, and training industry professionals, and by certifying homes under the LEED, EarthCraft, NAHBNational Association of Home Builders, which awards a
Model Green Home Certification., and Energy StarLabeling system sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy for labeling the most energy - efficient products
on the market; applies to a wide range of products, from
computers and office equipment to refrigerators and air conditioners.
Typically courts consider six
years for items like
computers to be reasonable, but it depends
on the specific
model and circumstances.
On average, a brain injury patient's brain looked about five years older than their actual age based on a computer mode
On average, a brain injury patient's brain looked about five
years older than their actual age based
on a computer mode
on a
computer model.
Teacher's Assistant, 3rd -
Year Architecture Design Studio w / Prof. Emeritus Garrison McNeil, CCNY 09.09 - 02.10 Teacher's Assistant, 3rd -
Year Architecture Design Studio w / Tenure Prof. Fabian Llonch, CCNY 09.07 - 12.07 — Advised students
on conceptual process,
model - making, and
computer drafting and presentation techniques through group and individual critiques — Assisted professor with administrative duties — Helped organize midterm and final reviews
Jones says the state will be reviewing new
computer models to take into account climate change as the wildfire season presses
on unusually long this
year.
Landtech began one
year earlier
on the Radio Shack TRS - 80
Model I
computer.
After a 25 -
year career in the remodeling industry, he has dedicated himself to advancing residential green building and remodeling by consulting with, speaking to, writing for, and training industry professionals, and by certifying homes under the LEED, EarthCraft, NAHBNational Association of Home Builders, which awards a
Model Green Home Certification., and Energy StarLabeling system sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy for labeling the most energy - efficient products
on the market; applies to a wide range of products, from
computers and office equipment to refrigerators and air conditioners.