Though this is just a test, paid for by a campaign on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website, and launched gratis by NASA, SpaceX's customer for the resupply mission, Mr Manchester thinks clouds of sprites could have real applications.
It should be noted that non-linear models have real applications such as cell formation and single and multiple allocation maximal hub covering problems (see Zade et al. 2014; Shirazi et al. 2014).
The information and experience you will receive from a conference is invaluable as it will always have real applications.
"This is not pie in the sky," Wiltzius says, "this has real potential for applications".
"It has broadcasting applications for graphics, things like that, and also has real-world applications to teams who have to evaluate players".
But it has real-world applications too.
This problem generalizes the rural postman problem and other well-known arc routing problems and has real-life applications, mainly in snow removal operations.
This question has real-world applications.
Sometimes, showing that something has real-world applications can help your students care about it.
