Sentence examples for as a useful approximation from inspiring English sources

In particular, I think most economists view the rational model as a useful approximation, rather than as a precise description of human behavior.

Many would defend utility theory (as well as other aspects of their standard model of behaviour) as a useful approximation, pointing out that exceptions to approximations can always be found.

Classical mechanics emerges as a useful approximation to the more fundamental quantum mechanics under suitable conditions.

Although the results should be interpreted cautiously, they serve as a useful approximation of the sufficient sample size appropriate for modularity analysis.

(This may not be true because of the likely possibility of overdiagnosis [ 10] and lead times that may exceed 6 years, but it may serve as a useful approximation if the amount of overdiagnosis is small).

A study of 8 11-year-old children in South Africa concluded that although the waist circumference index (waist (cm)/height (m)) was a useful approximation of body fat as measured by DXA scanning, BMI was a more accurate and convenient tool in prepubertal children [ 26].

Even using a limited number of contours provides a useful approximation to the 3D face surface.

This indicates that a simplified method for determining selectivity for equi-inhibitory quantities of two drugs may provide a useful approximation of the selectivity of drug combinations20,21,22. Methods such as multiplex ELISA, PCR, and gene sequencing allow cost-effective experiments.

But this is a useful approximation.

So he's taken a useful approximation and made it worse," Wright said.

Still, the FBI's figures provide a useful approximation of overall gun transactions in this country.