classification scheme
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classification
noun
uk/ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌklæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of dividing things into groups according to ...
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scheme
noun[C]
uk/skiːm/us/skiːm/
an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result ...
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Finally, further pressure for the creation of a uniformclassificationschemecame from the demands of contemporary statisticians.
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Overall theclassificationscheme, which is based on grouping by anion type, is logical and well organized.
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Some visual differences between cells that were more difficult to quantify were also included in theclassificationscheme.
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It facilitated process planning and cellbased manufacturing by imposing aclassificationschemeon individual machined par ts.
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Forthcoming work will also include an extensive corpus-based study for the genres covered whose findings will help us enhance our existingclassificationscheme.
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Even in 1872 the medical officers had employed a shortened version of the extensiveclassificationschemewhich formed the basis for the 1876 system.
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His article uses a similarclassificationschemeand offers a different perspective on some of the issues in the field.
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The volume lacks a cohesive modern phylogenetic structure and presents an outdatedclassificationscheme.
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Among studies using a four-way infantclassificationscheme, results are mixed.
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The item pool was restructured and reduced using theclassificationscheme.
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The commonclassificationschemealso helps the sharing of information between manufacturing groups.
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The advantage is that the query vocabulary and contentclassificationschemecan be presented in intuitive formats, thus facilitating domain understanding.
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Aclassificationschemefor foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats.
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However, it is always possible that a practical problem involving a meromorphic generating function may not fit neatly into ourclassificationscheme.
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Selecting the most similar software component is done according to aclassificationscheme, where components are classified along six different facets.
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For this purpose an ordinal occupational scale was created based on the six-layerclassificationscheme(see note 29, above).
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These predictions serve as claims about the range of possible grammars for children and thus yield aclassificationschemeor typology.
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The transmission routes (person-to-person, contaminated water, food or environment) were categorized in analogy to the outbreakclassificationschemeused.
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The cognitiveclassificationschemearrayed the analysts along disciplinary lines, each contributing to the departmental "product": knowledge for dispersion.
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Mandatory preadmission assessment combined with the residentclassificationschemealso created incentives to admit the most dependent residents.
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