Enabling a risk-adjusted operating model can help companies align their risk management programs with business and regulatory concerns.

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He now sees total unit sales for the quarter of 26 million, up from 23 million. (Though he trims his forecast for the December quarter to 55 million units from 58 million.) He also adjusted his model to add in a December quarter launch for the widely expected iPad mini, noting also that he now sees an Apple television launch in the March quarter.

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They adjusted their business model by creating proprietary software to streamline customer tracking and loan underwriting processes.

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Having developed this basic model, the researchers then adjusted for the fact that, in practice, cars behave somewhat differently from gas molecules.

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The model, or "spin", can be cropped and adjusted (brightness, saturation and contrast) like a regular photograph, plus users can create custom annotations to identify or comment on specific parts of the "spin" as well.

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At their presentation in Phoenix, summarizing research for a paper to be finished soon, they compared the world ranking of the top 200 players to a ranking of those same players' skill levels calculated using a statistical model they also devised, which simultaneously takes into account players' adjusted tournament scores and the difficulty of the courses.

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