However, in these methods one makes an arbitrary choice of the flux vector out of many alternative flux vectors satisfying the constraints.
For all of these problems, the alternative Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) methods are often unfeasible because of the issue of mesh crossovers.
In what sense is the choice among fully elaborated alternatives anything other than an arbitrary, personal choice?
The autoantibody level can be expressed as titer, fluorescence intensity as being generated by automated digital ANA reading devices, or arbitrary units obtained by alternative ANA assays.
This characterization in terms of the joint position-velocity distribution also provides an alternative to arbitrary segmentations of the arena into center and wall zones for the arena.
Despite obvious challenges in definitively choosing values for the limits of equivalence, the authors are in support of the use of this type of criterion as an alternative to arbitrary cut-offs on the p-value scale for decision making.
We conclude by reviewing both existing and suggested alternatives to reduce the arbitrary nature of observational-scale choice prevalent in today's literature.
No established cutoff criteria were available to serve as an alternative for our arbitrary cutoff points.
This approach provides an objective alternative to the arbitrary grouping of neuropsychological variables on the basis of face validity or unconfirmed notions held within the existing literature [ 59].
However, this method was preferred over the alternative of assigning arbitrary numbers of days to detection for outbreaks that were not detected since the alternative method could lead to misinterpretation of the data.
