This allows a global minimization of the merit function and a many-fold decrease of the computer run time.
He praised Electronic Arts for conveying the "bug-hunting experience on its own merits, using the computer's strength", rather than attempting to imitate those aspects of the board game.
Learning from the merits of previous computer systems, our computer screening algorithm included positive microbiological examination, antibiotic administration, serological and molecular testing (e.g. C-reactive protein, calcitonin), imaging reports, fever, invasive device use, inpatients transfer data, and other variables.
The scientific merit of the project.
This shows the merit of the Bayesian concept.
Certainly, a merit of the model.
The great effort expended here to derive symbolic results raises the question of the relative merits of computer simulations, numeric calculations, and symbolic calculations.
Costello, a former computer operator (for Elizabeth Arden in Acton, before he hit the big time), discovered the practical merits of working with computer software whilst writing Mighty Like a Rose, which may explain why so much of the album is cluttered with melodies and yet more countermelodies.
The point is not to debate the relative merits of hotshots and computer geeks.
As Peter W. Singer, author of Wired for War, a book about military robotics, warns: "The debate over drones is like debating the merits of computers in 1979: They are here to stay, and the boom has barely begun.
To Mr. Singer of Brookings, the debate over drones is like debating the merits of computers in 1979: They are they here to stay, and the boom has barely begun.
