In order to predict those benefits, they turned to a vaccination campaign that is just beginning.

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Combustion and propagation processes are then simulated in order to predict the spread of the fire.

ECONOMIST: Next, the fire forecast

In fact, most investors we know look at past earnings growth in order to predict future earnings growth.

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We will need to measure the bounce in order to predict future action.

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You must grasp the relationships between participants as well as relevant government and nonprofit bodies in order to predict how those relationships might change.

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The batting order is harder to predict, with only the experienced Watts assured of a place among the openers.

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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).

ECONOMIST: Artificial intelligence

As legal departments institute increasingly creative alternative fee arrangements to predict and control costs, they need objective data in order to negotiate rates.

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One way is to predict exactly how much information the site has to contain in order for a protein to detect it.

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