selection technique
collocation in Englishmeaningsofselectionandtechnique
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selection
noun
uk/sɪˈlek.ʃən/us/səˈlek.ʃən/
the act of choosing someone ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk/tekˈniːk/us/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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(Definition ofselectionandtechniquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is based on a massselectiontechniqueused by farmers for over 10,000 years of crop improvement.
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I should have thought that the weakness of examination, interview or any other type ofselectiontechnique at about 11 years of age has been discredited for many years now.
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A good modelselectiontechniquewill balance goodness of fit with simplicity.
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The central assumption when using a featureselectiontechniqueis that the data contains many "redundant" or "irrelevant" features.
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The process is essentially aselectiontechnique, but is in fact more complex.
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The initial populations are generated at random, and design candidates for subsequent generations are produced by user-specified selection techniques.
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Short discussions of parameter estimation and model selection techniques are also included.
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They drew lots from large groups of adult volunteers as aselectiontechniquefor civil servants performing judicial, executive, and administrative functions ("archai", "boul", and "hliastai").
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The farmers' traditional practice was to select only among the harvested ears, so they were trained in mass selection techniques in the standing crop.
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According to an algorithmic point of view, greedy selection techniques are a good trade-off between speed and efficiency for maximizing the net margin.
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Third, one of the selection techniques is used to select candidates for the next generation.
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It provides for free consultancy advice on best practice; and free training in objectively-based selection techniques.
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I believe that we need a research project into selection techniques.
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They complement systematic and qualitative selection techniques, while leaving the employer free to exercise choice on the basis of ability, aptitude and potential for the job in question.
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Feature selection techniques are often used in domains where there are many features and comparatively few samples (or data points).
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