— Sixth graders at Cloonan Middle School here are assigned numbers based on their previous year's standardized test scores — zeros indicate the highest performers, ones the middle, twos the lowest — that determine their academic classes for the next three years.
Bertelsmann's music clubs and CDNow.com could send users promotions based on their previous buying habits.
Online music stores also recommend individual tracks to customers based on their previous purchases.
The players union argued that pitchers could be hurt financially because they sign contracts based on their previous year's statistics.
There will also be a recommendation engine working away to suggest magazines to each Flipboard user based on their previous reading.
For each year, the researchers chose the 25 top performers -- based on their previous three-year gains -- and looked at how they performed the next year.
Although the narrator's face was obscured in the video, officers said that based on their previous encounters with Mr. Loughner they recognized his voice.
Thanks to this he is currently analysing the behaviour of Le Pen and Wilders voters, based on their previous visits to his site.
Mr. Perkins took offense at this suggestion, saying that he and Mr. Williams ran together based on their previous student council experience and leadership qualities.
This goes to French producers, based on their previous box office track record, and is funded through several taxes, including a levy on ticket sales.
So, for example, we can see that a certain set of people, based on their previous behaviour, might be interested in starting a campaign, and another set won't be, but may be interested in signing something.
