relative efficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandefficiency
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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efficiency
noun
uk/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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Given therelativeefficiencyof convection compared to conduction, this stage would probably be short compared with the time it takes the lava to freeze.
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In fact very few general statements can be made on therelativeefficiencyof both approaches.
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Relativeefficiencyinvolves comparing efficiencies of two or more firms.
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In this article the methods used for selecting effective greenhouse screen materials and the determination of theirrelativeefficiencyare reported.
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In order to measure therelativeefficiencyof firms, it is important to avoid comparing a water and wastewater firm with a water-only firm.
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Therelativeefficiencyof family labor is not readily apparent.
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The same computations can be used to determine therelativeefficiencyof different experimental designs and to determine optimal designs for microarray experiments.
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These examples show that it is extremely difficult to predict therelativeefficiencyof each technique from a practical point of view.
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Therefore, reported results on the cost-effectiveness of new technologies may provide a rather favorable picture of theirrelativeefficiency.
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Therefore,relativeefficiencycan be obtained from the ratio of the weighted sums.
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In the next section we formulate the empirical hypotheses regarding therelativeefficiencyof management systems.
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These results have implications for therelativeefficiencyof different demographic regimes.
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However, therelativeefficiencyof these two processes depends on the parameter values.
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This is not sufficient to draw any conclusions on therelativeefficiencyof each approach.
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Therelativeefficiencyof the two approaches cannot be determined a priori, and will depend on the problem, as we will see later.
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Indeed, costeffectiveness ratios, net savings and benefit-cost ratios when calculated in an incremental analysis can be considered as measures ofrelativeefficiency.
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With a limited number of function evaluations, the quality of incomplete methods depends a lot on details of the implementation; comparisons onrelativeefficiencyare virtually missing.
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Less generalist approaches only look more appealing, across the board, if we disregard considerations ofrelativeefficiencyand accuracy, in the aggregate.
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However, before any alternative method can be relied upon, itsrelativeefficiencycompared with existing methods in capturing different species of anopheline mosquitoes needs to be measured.
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These questions require consideration of a number of factors directly relating to the approach taken and development of the model and therelativeefficiencyof alternative approaches and models.
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