Sentence examples for the existing preference from inspiring English sources

All the existing preference formulations are scalable to many objectives, but their complexity significantly increases.

The original bill would have eliminated the existing preference for such workers.

The Kyle-Wilson amendment, which calls for a ratification referendum on May's deal, was the existing preference for many Labour MPs, but some still balked at it.

AR blockade, however, seemed to induce a preference for male odors rather than reduce the existing preference for estrous odors, suggesting a complicated regulation of sexual odor preference by sex steroids.

The second category 'Experiencing changing perceptions and actions due to visualisation of the fetus' brings up the issue of the existing preference for male fetuses in Vietnam and the significance of ultrasound for the possibility of sex-selective abortion.

The existing preference-based optimization methods can be classified into three categories according to the time when preferences are incoporated, i.e. a priori, interactive, and a posteriori methods [28]: A priori methods  In these methods, DMs need to input their preferences before optimization starts.

None of the existing preference-based or pediatric QOL instruments address QOL for children under 2, and this age group poses significant challenges for measuring QOL.

While many of the existing preference-based HRQOL instruments were originally designed to measure the effect of medical conditions (e.g., [ 25]), they have been adopted for more general use because of their ease of use and comparability across conditions.

The idea that male or female morphology may be attractive because it exploits an already existing preference in the opposite-sex has been called the perceptual or sensory bias view [7].

Valuation of the EQ-5D health states nationwide is a complex, time-consuming, and expensive task, so applying other existing preference weights is essential if not available in the country.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 to which the partners of the Ottawa agreements subscribed prohibited the extension of existing preferences, and in subsequent negotiations the United Kingdom and its partners agreed to some reductions of preferential margins.