Extending this concept to entire corpora, we find a scaling relation that indicates a decreasing "marginal need" for new words which are the manifestation of cultural evolution and the seeds for language growth.
The economies of scale (b < 1) indicate that there is an increasing marginal return for new words, or alternatively, a decreasing marginal need for new words, as evidenced by allometric scaling.
Moreover, the function ∂Nw/∂Nu ~ (Nu b−1 is a monotonically decreasing function for b < 1, demonstrating the decreasing marginal need for additional words as a corpora grows.
People who are perceived to be part of this group, once created and labelled, can be called upon to express an opinion – for, of course, there is only one opinion – whenever a reporter or an MP in a marginal seat needs to appear as though they are in touch with a world outside the metropolis.
A marginal likelihood needs to be calculated based on both the influence of the fixed effect (Ppop) and the random effect.
RESULTS: Of the 18 education tools, four were rated as "good, may need revisions, but sufficient for use", 12 were rated as "marginal, needs revision prior to use", and two were rated as "poor, inadequate for use".
Both graduates and experts agreed that competency in the management of human resources and health care facilities were at a marginal level and needs further improvement.
To do this, he needs a marginal subject.
"You just needed a marginal sign that things weren't that bad," Mr. Weissenstein said.
All you need is a marginal positive change in sales, say 2percentto3percentcento to get a 6percentto7percentchangehange in earnings growth.
In the short term, the report projects a need for a marginal increase in beds by 2004.
