alternative formulation

collocation in English

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alternative
adjective
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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formulation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌfɔː.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌfɔːr.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
the action of developing all the details of a plan for doing something, or something that is developed in ...
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Thealternativeformulationis redistribution that genuinely transforms the sources of ageism.
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We think that thisalternativeformulationof our axiomatization of net behaviours has some intrinsic value and deserves consideration.
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We also introduce analternativeformulationof the saddle point equations leading to a (nonsymmetric) positive definite coefficient matrix.
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In the next proposition, we present analternativeformulationof this property which will be used several times in later proofs.
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There is, however, analternativeformulationof the encoding and marking theory that may better account for these data.
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Here we consider analternativeformulationin which the only new investment flows are subject to the shock.
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This is in contrast to thealternativeformulation, as a problem of inferring the proportions of the different source populations in a mixture.
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Analternativeformulationof dual lattices is described in section 8.1.
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Analternativeformulationis to treat test as a primitive boolean function, but our static analysis would still single out conditionals using test for special treatment.
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We reserved our position on this paragraph because we had analternativeformulation.
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We think that thealternativeformulationmay lead to uncertainties which we so very much wish to avoid.
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We should like to look at analternativeformulation.
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I am not convinced that anyalternativeformulationis better than ours.
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Thealternativeformulationwould move us backwards to the current unsatisfactory disclosure test and it would put unnecessary burdens on the police.
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I should be prepared to look sympathetically at anyalternativeformulationthat may ultimately be forthcoming.
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Analternativeformulationis to use a graph in which each exit point is connected back to the entry point.
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Analternativeformulationis that rational expectations are model-consistent expectations, in that the agents inside the model assume the model's predictions are valid.
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Analternativeformulationavoiding this problem is implemented as the hypot function in many programming languages.
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Analternativeformulationis in terms of the autocorrelation function.
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