It can, for example, predict the likelihood of a hitherto unobserved species being found in a cell on the basis of its known distribution.
The asphaltene example predicted the defining solubility protocol to within 1%.
Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm Forrester Research, for example, predicts the web traffic generated by the top nine portals will plateau by 2003 at 20%, from 15% right now.
Furthermore, the modelling can also provide information that is difficult to measure, for example predicts the channel wall temperature and surface coverage of surface species.
Some scientists, for example, predict the emergence of significant limitations to the practical application of fuel cells.
The viral setpoint determined in early infection, for example, predicts the time interval until Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which may be diagnosed many years later, and the duration of survival.
Other more specific mathematical models have, for example, predicted the effects of vascular normalisation by anti-angiogenic drugs (Jain et al, 2007) and the effects of paclitaxel transport on cancer cells (Kuh et al, 2000).
The Framingham risk score, 9 for example, predicts the risk of cardiovascular events at 10 years combining risk factors such as age, gender, smoking, total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, systolic blood pressure and hypertension.
Modeling this aspecificity is important for biotechnology and poses significant bioinformatics challenges; for example, predicting aspecificity based on mining the available enzyme characterization data (Nobeli et al., 2009).
Sports Illustrated, for example, predicted that the Hokies might challenge Miami for the Big East football championship, and the preseason Coaches' Poll ranked the Hokies No. 14 prior to the first game of the season.
