The authors developed a formula based on a previous one derived by Sir Ronald A. Fisher (1890 1962).
The secret of the Sugababes' success, if there is one, involves a formula based on such variables as luck, talent, timing, personality, management, image, production and, in particular, some irresistible hit singles (Freak Like Me, Round Round).
The tobacco companies were originally forecast to pay slightly above $8 billion a year, according to a formula based on projected revenues.
One would apportion the ballots using the ratio of the Bush absentee ballots to the other absentee ballots in the county, and one would devise a formula based on likely voting habits using exit polling data from Voter News Service.
In return, the owners received a salary cap, albeit one tied to a formula based on the players' share of total league revenues.
Scientists from Makerere University's hospital in Kampala, Uganda, along with American and Belgian scientists, have developed a formula, based on close questioning of patients, for predicting which ones are most likely to have treatment failure.
The state-run Local Capital Improvement Program uses a formula based on the grand list, road miles and population to split $30 million a year among 169 municipalities.
Recent sales have moved to a formula based on the retail prices index.
Mr. Dimas said he reached the figures using a formula based on gross domestic product and emissions levels.
Many have a calculator for body mass index, a number derived from a formula based on weight and height.
That's an estimated 32 hours of "mixed use," a formula based on a study of how people use their phones.
