Regardless of impressive strength from Cisco on strong earnings and Facebook despite a lock-up expiration, weak economic data, uncertainty over the fiscal cliff, and the escalation of a military conflict between Israel and Palestine have conspired to keep the pressure on equities.
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In the last century, Claude Shannon demonstrated that adding more data is needed to decrease uncertainty in data transmissions, prompting the creation of another source of data.
To develop these algorithms the 60 researchers involved used techniques that include game theory (in which agents have to overcome barriers to collaboration in order to get the best outcome), probabilistic modelling (which is employed to predict missing data and reduce uncertainty) and optimisation techniques (which can provide means of making decisions when communications between agents are limited).
And there are broader issues, especially to do with the aggregation of data and the handling of uncertainty, where his book is open to challenge.
Putting in random data to measure the impact of uncertainty on the outcome of a project.
"Weak economic data in a number of regions increased uncertainty regarding the direction of the global economy, " said Tom Linebarger, chairman and chief executive officer.
However, given the uncertainty regarding the accuracy of the data, and the inability to validate the collection of data, readers should be cautioned in the application of the findings of these manuscripts to clinical practice.
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Not only are a number of influencers not pushing Google Keep, they are pointing out they will not be using Google Keep because of the uncertainty around the safety of their data, and the worry the service may simply stop.
So, it seems, the scientific uncertainty generated by not having good data from the mid-20th century is going to be repeated in the early 21st century (satellites may help on optical depth, but it would really help to know what is being emitted).
Professor Jim Iley, executive director of science and education at the Royal Society of Chemistry told BBC News that gaps in data meant there was still a "degree of uncertainty" about the impact of the chemicals.
The trading week was largely driven by the news coming out of Europe, with the post-Fed rally continuing to pause over European uncertainty, some continuing poor global economic data, lowered earnings expectations, and perhaps some pure old-fashioned profit-taking into the end of the 3rd Quarter.
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The uncertainty sent Vertex stock gyrating because the initial data suggested prescriptions had stopped growing.
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German bunds also rallied Friday on the generally downbeat data coming out of the EU. There is also uncertainty among European investors regarding the upcoming Italian elections that begin this weekend.
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Using such intervals communicates the uncertainty within the model introduced by the scatter of the data instead of using the regression line that makes the relationship appear far more deterministic than it really is.
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Recent economic uncertainty, combined with a trend toward content growth on remote data centers (cloud storage) and the use of this content on mobile devices, is impacting the demand for digital storage capacity.
First, an uncertainty about the exact nature of the problem and second, the inevitable delays in assessing data which had to be extracted on our re-supply flights before it could be analysed.
The key factor behind the uncertainty, however, according to the authors, is the limited scope of available monitoring and data.
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