indirect interaction

collocation in English

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indirect
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/us
/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ...
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interaction
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈræk.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈræk.ʃən/
an occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to ...
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Theindirectinteractioncase requires agents to be able to develop methods to reliably acquire and reason about the information gathered from other agents.
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A stigmergetic interaction is a form ofindirectinteraction, occurring when one individual modifies a feature in the environment that another individual responds to at a later time.
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In this case, the agent reasons about interactions that others have had with their potential partners (indirect interactions).
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The term ' allosteric ' means that these proteins mediate indirect interactions between sites that are physically separated on the protein.
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This structure minimizes indirect interactions among plant species via shared herbivores.
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This food web structure minimizes indirect interactions among plant species via shared herbivores, as well as interactions among fruit fly species.
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Each in his own way underscored the fact that society is a network of direct and indirect interactions.
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Indirect interactions, then, are roughly twice as likely as direct interactions.
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This method uses an information theoretic approach to eliminate the vast majority of indirect interactions typically inferred by pairwise analysis.
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The receiver mediating indirect interactions between these two parties is variously known as the "signal receiver", "dupe" or "operator".
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The number of indirect interactions can be estimated through an analysis of online traffic.
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A note of caution also is that immunoprecipitation experiments reveal direct and indirect interactions.
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The term specifically refers to physical interactions among molecules but can also mean indirect interactions among genes, i.e. genetic interactions.
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