The phrase 'methods borrowed from' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to methods or processes which are derived from or modeled on others. For example, "The technique used in this experiment is a method borrowed from a previous study."
Eom arrived at this somewhat surprising conclusion by using methods borrowed from Google to analyse Wikipedia pages and determine which individuals have the most important articles linking to them.
Mr.Harrison, 36, says the group received early support from people in technology, and for its growth, has relied on methods borrowed from social media, and from the way start-ups operate.
This way, the same analysis software and interlingua can be used for translating one language into many others.Now even rule-based translators are giving way to "statistical translation" methods borrowed from information theory.
Hydrologic science must not be allowed to be overtaken by data cranking methods borrowed from outside.
Among other methods borrowed from computer science, the common sense reasoning community has sought to develop suites of "benchmark problems".
Methods borrowed from evolutionary biology show how people spread across the continent, giving birth to new languages.
The four new methods borrow from recent advancements in the field of statistical analysis of microarray data.
The sculptures consist of classic mid-century modern chairs covered in hand-sewn elk hides, in a method borrowed from Dane-zaa drum-making.
Gilles Personne de Roberval, professor at the Collège Royale in Paris, devised a method borrowed from dynamics to determine their tangents.
And it will use an array of clever techniques to analyse the data.The first is a time-honoured method borrowed from Dr Perlmutter, Dr Schmidt and Dr Riess and used to study exploding stars called supernovae.
His "diamond claw setting method" fashions claws out of diamond or other gems rather than metal; while his "inner mortise and tenon" technique relies on interlocking cuts to hold the materials together — a joinery method borrowed from wood- and stone-working.
