Electric companies planning utility poles for a ridge top where the wind blows strongest from a single direction, for example, can order poles that are less prone to bend in one direction than another, a characteristic impossible to specify in the usual material for such poles, tree trunks.
Viscosity, expressed in units of poise, is used in the table of characteristics of oxide glasses to specify characteristic working temperatures in the processing of the liquid precursors of various oxide glasses.
They also introduce the concepts of efficiency and perceived safety which opens the discussion not only to infrastructural aspects and indicators such as walking speed, but to characteristics that help to specify certain needs in relation to individual preferences and (in abilities.
Fundamental features of most models of charitable giving are the inclusion of externalities induced by other agents and the Lancasterian characteristics approach to specifying utility functions.
In general, one can distinguish between local and global measures, where the former describe node-specific characteristics and the latter are used to specify topological characteristics of the whole network.
Three further characteristics are generally used to specify ritual action beyond that of the dichotomy of sacred and profane thought and action.
The main idea of this approach is the use of an ANN to learn the robot system characteristics rather than having to specify an explicit robot system model.
To understand choices made by thieves in the products they steal, Clarke (1999) proposed the CRAVED theft model, later modified to CRAAVED, to specify characteristics of products most desirable to thieves (such products are more Concealable, Removable, Accessible, Abundant, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable).
The studies failed to specify characteristics of individual nursing homes in sufficient detail to allow analyses exploring factors such as those listed above (ownership by corporation, small business, charitable organisation of municipality; management of not-for-profit homes by for-profit providers).
A characteristic speed is harder to specify because it depends on the governing process.
Various international agencies sought to specify the characteristics of good governance so conceived.
