Any forecasting system, from quake prediction to cancer screening, can be analysed in the same way once the base-rate and accuracy figures are given.

所有的预测系统，从地震预测到癌症诊断，只要给定事件基础概率和预测准确率，都可以用这种方法分析相关的概率。

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Prediction markets aren't perfect, but they often beat alternative forecasting mechanisms.

预测市场并非十全十美，但它们通常比其它预测方法更可信。

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Confidence in that prediction has been undermined by repeated overshoots and the bank's forecasting lapses.

屡次超预期与银行预测不准让上述预测的信心大大受损。

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For instance, PDI could be embedded in a storage appliance used on demand for device data analysis, such as capacity forecasting or failure prediction.

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Well before Oklahoma's first thunderstorms fired up at late afternoon, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman was already forecasting a violent evening.

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The difference, according to this leading futurist, is that prediction augurs specific events, while forecasting outlines a range of possibilities and their likelihood of occurring.

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