The phrase "a number of binary" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It can be used when referring to multiple binary items or concepts, but it needs to be followed by a noun to clarify what is being discussed.
Example: "A number of binary options were presented during the meeting."
Alternatives: "several binary" or "multiple binary".
In 1911 Shapley, working with results given by Henry Norris Russell, began finding the dimensions of stars in a number of binary systems from measurements of their light variation when they eclipse one another.
The minimization results of this new algorithm tested on a number of binary benchmarks are given.
In [2] the task of age classification is reduced to a number of binary classifications.
The equation of state was then used to predict VLE for a number of binary and multicomponent mixtures.
A number of binary gas systems involving CO2, CH4 and N2 adsorbed on carbon pores are analyzed in three scales.
Professor Marinoni and Dr Buzzi's idea was to use a number of binary galaxies - pairs of galaxies that orbit each other.
The early feminist science scholars addressed a number of binaries that were prevalent in scientific discourse: rational/irrational, objective/subjective, science/nature, pure/constructed, and sex/gender that reflected contemporary thinking and beliefs about science.
The novel creates a number of binaries between men and women.
There you will find a number of binaries that you can download, each having various requirements.
These will be refered to as the 'local binary comparisons' 3. A number of 'global binary comparisons' were performed by pair-wise comparisons of samples from an individual subtype versus the remaining data.
MIP-relaxations may be formulated with alternative methods, for instance with a convex combination model that introduces only a number of extra binary variables and constraints that is logarithmic in the number of breakpoints [18].
