It is a stubborn fact that even if we based our caloric intake on some body mass equation, or had mandated thermostat settings, it would still not solve the problem of scarcity.
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Advanced statistical techniques, such as structural equation modeling, or Bayesian modeling, or choice models such as logit or probit, are common methods that doctoral students learn about.
Or, to turn the equation around: How large a band do you have to draw around today's price to have a certain likelihood (say, 95%) of including tomorrow's price?
Shield and ammo management are just as important as they are in the campaign (and in every Halo game) and these considerations add another layer of strategy to the equation, for better or worse depending on your predicament.
Second, many of these entities focus on one side of equation, ie the customers or the service providers, creating, in effect, a costly imbalanced market.
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For those struggling with debt, the first step is tackling the expense side of the equation, such as downsizing cable or phone bills.
Innovative techniques are therefore basically efforts to tweak one of the coefficients in the equation governing speed, height, or distance in a sport.
Who hasn't found themselves distracted by jabbering co-workers or, on the other side of the equation, wishing they could have a phone conversation without the whole office hearing?
And yet, there did remain something else, or rather, someone else, to factor into the equation.
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To the extent that this equation (energy return on energy invested, or EROI) is deteriorating, that must surely have an effect on economic growth.
In Cartagena, where one-third of residents live at or below the poverty line, it's an equation that means these young mothers have very little chance of improving their lives.
This is excellent news for those who are used to performing with CDs, or who prefer not to have a laptop in the equation, but it also means newcomers can begin mixing without committing to a particular software tribe.
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Von Clausewitz implied that a military leader, whether he liked it or not, was going to become part of the political equation.
Longevity or "L" is the last term in the Drake Equation, a formula designed to estimate the number of communicative civilizations in our galaxy.
Quite simply, if information is not a big part of your value-addition equation, there is a limit to how much you can change that equation by moving levers based on data (big or small).
But while praise should be delivered with conviction or an emotional connection, emotions should be taken out of the equation when giving negative feedback, Zenger says.
We don't want to think of our gadgets as a window into the soul, or to worry about how our neighbors are influencing what we eat for dinner, or to believe that our movie preferences can be summarized by an equation.
They use a simple profit equation to decide if they want to invest in your company or not.
The risk of targeted cyberespionage attacks aimed at stealing patents, source code or other highly specific data means that market share is only part of the equation.
You begin to accept that, for better or worse, the old rules and rewards system is falling apart and the simple equation of exchanging your time and skills for a fixed salary and defined benefits over a 30-year period no longer adds up.
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Does he or she know that it is important to tackle the performance side of the pay for performance equation, and not just the pay side?
Making unnecessary statements of bravado, statements potentially divorced from reality, changes the equation for an attacker, it suddenly makes compromising your environment worth more of his or her time.
It's an equation I don't want to think about, one that neither the Norden bombsight or today's most powerful supercomputer can calculate.
Not knowing if the house would be lost or the utilities shut off could force many significant others, spouses and children to pile onto the equation with their own additional negative stress.
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Thus, the real political equation in Egypt is not now nor never has been the MB versus Mubarak's regime or SCAF.
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More and more consumers, it seems, can take or leave the in-store experience especially if lower prices and free shipping are part of the online equation.
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There's still one weak link in the equation: What if you're using a different e-mail address in five, ten or 20 years?
With Ulster final opponents Monaghan ruled out of the equation, Tyrone could face any of five other teams - Cork, Meath, Donegal, Derry or Westmeath.
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