quantitative prediction

collocation in English

meaningsofquantitativeandprediction

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withprediction.
quantitative
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tə.tɪv/
us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to numbers ...
See more atquantitative
prediction
noun[C or U]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
us
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
a statement about what you think will happen in ...
See more atprediction

(Definition ofquantitativeandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquantitative prediction

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Since feed evaluation is concerned withquantitativeprediction, feed evaluation systems comprise one or more equations and thus are models in themselves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A morequantitativepredictionbased on bifurcation analyses may not be possible.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The generality first rule is most effective for models that make ex antequantitativepredictionof behavior.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I do not know how much;quantitativepredictionin this respect would be a fool's game.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not a question that can be answered byquantitativepredictionalone, but that can be of some help.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Unfortunately, there are too many confounding influences to make close quantitative predictions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Obviously, this will have an important effect on the quantitative predictions, but it leaves the qualitative results substantially unaffected.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, for quantitative predictions, the nature of the convection and the resulting heat flux must be known explicitly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Only after treating all these effects, our model can be used for obtaining quantitative predictions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Evidently it is unwise t o try t o make quantitative predictions based on the relative size of the various terms in the energy equation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, the framework allows for quantitative predictions to be directly encoded in the grammar via the unranking of constraints.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Results of laboratory experiments with aqueous solutions of sodium sulphate are in good agreement with our quantitative predictions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Because many of these factors will differ between animals and human surrogates, functional substitution cannot provide precise quantitative predictions of any other species' capabilities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To model the sintering process analytically so that quantitative predictions can be made, it is usual to divide the process into three distinct stages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the case of the more complex inversion systems discussed, quantitative predictions are even more difficult.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We shall present simple quantitative predictions of both oscillation frequency and regime of synchronization.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The value of any quantitative predictions based on this work thus remains to be established, but the qualitative picture is one in which the authors have some confidence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We are encouraged by the target article's argument for the same hypothesis, but caution that more precise quantitative predictions will be necessary to advance the field.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofquantitative
Go to the definition ofprediction
See other collocations withprediction