Just as epidemiologists looking at sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV-AIDS attribute much of its spread to a few very promiscuous people, Haldane and May argue that a few very big universal banks have a disproportionate number of connections to many small ones and thus pose an extraordinary danger.
One way Bratton solves the motivation problem is by singling out the key influencers people inside or outside the organization with disproportionate power due to their connections with the organization, their ability to persuade, or their ability to block access to resources.
In a network that inflects regular and exception verbs correctly, a disproportionate deficit with exceptions occurs if connections are deleted, while a disproportionate deficit with regulars occurs when an auditory deficit impairs perception of the regular inflection.
The connections could result in a "disproportionate jump in economic activity -- more than would normally be expected from the reduction in travel times," according to the report, which was issued in December.
"Internet connection records are ill-conceived and disproportionate and no doubt this fight will continue in the courts".
Clapper added: "While homegrown terrorists are numerically a small part of the global threat, they have a disproportionate impact because they understand our homeland, have connections here, and have easier access to U.S. facilities".
But if financial elites receive rewards disproportionate to the social value of their contribution, the connection between innovation and reward gets lost.
Sparse long-distance connections, conceivably via nonlinear phenomena such as "contraction dynamics", may have disproportionate effects relative to the far more dense intrinsic and intermediate-distance connections (Wang and Slotine 2005).
Thanks to Eliot's connections and support, this little book attracted a disproportionate attention for the work of an unknown.
Con Proportional systems tend to give disproportionate power to smaller parties that hold the balance of power; the connection between votes and seats is a mathematical equation that looks horrible; the link between members and localities is weaker.
Open water fisheries have been controlled by a small number of powerful elite's, who had developed good connections with local government officials and thus obtained a disproportionate share of power (David Lewis 2008).
