This approach is carried out in two stages: (1) induction of a qualitative model from numerical examples of the behaviour of a physical system, and (2) induction of a numerical regression function that both respects the qualitative constraints and fits the training data numerically.
As an indication of the potential of the method, a general, qualitative example is offered of the application of EEA to the evaluation of a technical alternative between a non-integrated waste recycling and an integrated waste recycling and incineration facility.
In order to clarify this issue, consider the following qualitative example.
When Heisenberg introduced his relation, his argument was based only on qualitative examples.
Indeed, qualitative examples were also observed in GI tissues from mice infected with B. pseudomallei.
The quantitative results will be illustrated by qualitative examples where the results concur, and with contrasting examples where they differ.
The associations with breast cancer are consistent whether density is measured as a qualitative trait (for example, American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) tissue composition assessment) [ 5, 6] or a quantitative trait (for example, computer-assisted thresholding-based methods such as Cumulus) [ 3, 7- 9].
In some cases economic predictions of a model merely assert the direction of movement of economic variables, and so the functional relationships are used only in a qualitative sense: for example, if the price of an item increases, then the demand for that item will decrease.
For example, a qualitative method using the arithmetic mean of relaxation times at various saturations has been presented [Guan, H., Brougham, D., Sorbie, K.S., Packer, K.J., 2002.
