"modify the behavior of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to say that you are changing the behavior of something or someone. For example, "We need to modify the behavior of our employees in order to increase productivity."
She tries to modify the behavior of bears and humans but says bears are easier to retrain than humans.
How do I get rid of this app? A. You can modify the behavior of all your Facebook apps - or delete them entirely - by adjusting your Facebook settings.
Now that the entire world is watching, the league has gone into control mode, trying to modify the behavior of the rollicking lads who commit mayhem on Sunday afternoon but are expected to contain themselves the rest of the time.
In an interview, Dr. Steven E. Hyman, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, said, "As a rule of thumb, doctors, psychologists and social workers should attempt to modify the behavior of a child and deal with family crises before drugs are prescribed".
It is well known that high-frequency excitation can modify the behavior of systems with respect to slow motions.
The framework is made up of different modules that modify the behavior of the group thus allowing different functions.
The two strategies, adaptive operators approach and adaptive meta-model approach, modify the behaviors of conventional evolutionary algorithms to improve the optimization convergency and speed performance.
When the previous generation attempts to modify the behaviors of the younger generation with such tactics, we are driven further and further away.
"The challenge is essentially modifying the behavior of consumers," said Chris Shipley, publisher of DemoLetter, an industry newsletter.
His mother is a clinical hypnotist in Albany, treating phobias and modifying the behavior of smokers and overeaters.
"Knowledge of the principles of business modified the behavior of these kids, and entrepreneurship changed the structure of their psyche," he says.
