Nuclear researchers use the Denovo application to, among other things, model the behavior of neutrons in a nuclear power reactor.

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The resulting model captured changes in search behavior due to H1N1 influenza circulating during the summer of 2009.

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It challenges our traditional reliance on a model of human behavior that presupposes a rational person capable of being deterred by the threat of punishment.

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The small-but-steady approach of birds, bees, and ants offers a better model for changing human behavior than the hop-to-it top-down model used by many companies and governments.

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Analyzing behavior dynamically over time helps marketers model the probabilities of customers taking different actions.

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Another model of diplomatic behavior: Prince Al-Waleed, the Saudi multibillionaire with the biggest stake in Citigroup , never insisted on a board seat and was a benign investor remaining in the background.

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All of which heightens the need for parents to teach and model strong decision-making behavior to their younger children, who are becoming vulnerable to such pressures at ever-earlier ages.

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