numerical measure

collocation in English

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numerical
adjective
uk
/njuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/us
/nuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/
involving or expressed ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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Phrase matching compares the dependency structures of the query and the caption, resulting in anumericalmeasureof similarity.
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Thus, mass is the quantitative ornumericalmeasureof a bodys inertia, that is of its resistance to being accelerated.
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The thing -ornumericalmeasureof the thing - which he seeks to maximize is called utility.
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Some submissions from construction and surveying departments, judging both by these numerical measures and by the other discursive parts of their submissions, are undoubtedly impressive.
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Most of the proposed probabilistic models of decision under uncertainty rely on numerical measures and representations.
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Within the numerical context, this yields a taxonomy of numerical measures.
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Marketing managers who seek a benchmark that captures differences in the scale and strength of brands distribution might weight each brands price in proportion to anumericalmeasureof distribution.
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So their numerical measures are not necessarily the same.
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The information entropy can therefore be seen as anumericalmeasurewhich describes how uninformative a particular probability distribution is, ranging from zero (completely informative) to log "m" (completely uninformative).
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In contrast, functions and behaviors are typically represented using symbolic structures such as schemas and graphs, and performance is typically represented using numerical measures.
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These are not absolute numerical measures of robot system capabilities, which are independent of the physical force/velocity limitations.
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Each fact is quantified through a set of numerical measures, such as the quantity of product sold, the price of products, etc.
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