D'Antoni opened camp with a round of defensive drills Tuesday morning and set a goal of being one of the top 15 teams, based on opponents' shooting percentage.
Complicated rules based on opponents' scores have been used, as have tie-breaker games of varying lengths, but both have drawbacks.
The 20-game caveat is that the Knicks have played the N.B.A.'s easiest schedule, based on opponents' winning percentage (.392), according to ESPN's John Hollinger.
The Dolphins, who have the toughest strength of schedule based on opponents' 2008 records, open at Atlanta in a matchup of the most unexpected turnaround teams.
Roberts said the time to juggle rotations based on opponents would be in August and September.
Recent developments in agent research introduce strategies based on opponent learning for contract negotiation.
In 2000, the BCS Poll was a combination of four different systems: media and coaches' polls (Associated Press college football poll and USA Today Coaches' Poll), team records, a collection of eight different computer ranking systems, and a strength-of-schedule component based on opponent records.
Discount function is employed in bargaining game based on job deadline, previous offers of an opponent, and dynamics in the grid market.
Pavlovian mechanisms influencing drug self-administration are a feature of several major theories of addiction, whether based on incentive or opponent processes (Wikler, 1965; Stewart et al., 1984; Robinson & Berridge, 1993; Schulteis et al., 2000; Everitt et al., 2001).
It begins by avoiding consultants and pollsters who think they know what messages will flip counties or appeal to certain demographics, and leaders who believe they can win elections based on their opponents' lack of experience.
