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

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

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

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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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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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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).

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