Sentence examples for thousands of alternatives from inspiring English sources

Hence, this study contributes to knowledge by developing and testing a new method for applying CBA to hundreds or thousands of alternatives.

Sometimes, it's nice to have a reminder that for every Daniel Tosh rape joke that gets made, there are thousands of alternatives that we can see on TV nearly every night.

In discrete decision problems the number of solutions is finite, but may comprise hundreds, if not thousands of alternatives.

Also, 36% of the probe sets across the 13 CRC samples included in this analysis of known splicing events were designated as differentially spliced (exceeding the upper and lower 1st percentiles of alternative splicing scores).

The lower and upper 1st percentiles of alternative splicing (FIRMA) scores within each dataset were used as threshold values to designate exons as aberrantly spliced (range −2.4 to −2.0 and 1.8 to 2.1, respectively; log2-scale; Table S1 in Additional file 1).

According to Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 and other implemented tests, in Chen's method, changing the importance of criteria does not have influence on the rank of alternatives A and B and alternative A is always in the 1st rank, as alternative B is always in the last rank (4th rank).

As it is observed, according to Chen's method, ranking of alternatives A, B and D does not change, but the ranking of alternative C will equal option D (the 2nd rank).

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Coal mining and metalworking traditionally dominated the economy, but coal mining had ceased by the end of the 20th century, and a variety of alternative industries developed.

The introduction of candles with self-consuming wicks in the latter half of the 19th century and the development of alternative methods of lighting brought about a consequent decline in the use of snuffers.

"Who better than Ryan Seacrest – America's best television host and 11-year member of our FOX family – to lead our 25th anniversary celebration," Mike Darnell, Fox's President of Alternative Entertainment, said in a statement.