Sentence examples for utility and consequence from inspiring English sources
It was originally intended to undertake a cost utility and consequence analysis, but the economic evaluation took the form of a cost minimisation analysis because the clinical trial demonstrated equivalence of patient outcome between the different healthcare professional groups.
Health-related utilities and in consequence quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were measured using the SF-6D, which is calculated using a sub-set of questions from the SF-12[ 39].
But they also do a lot of stuff that has little or no social utility and can have big negative consequences for the rest of the economy — cf C.D.O.s, C.D.O.-Squareds, C.D.S.s, etc.
The instrumental approach starts with the desired consequences (like maximum utility) and works backward to see which rights-ascriptions will produce those consequences.
Lawmakers have called for state and federal investigations into the case, and any findings could be of significant financial consequence to both the utility and the transportation authority.
As a consequence, we expect transformational changes in the utility and auto sectors," it says.
This approach is in keeping with Lehman's (1950) 'Decision Theory' as cited by Lie [ 54] where "there is a certain relationship between a rational person's preferences for acts, probability assignment for states and utility assignment for consequences [ 54]".
In March, representatives from Verizon requested and obtained a meeting with the FCC to complain about the "adverse consequences" of reclassifying the internet as a public utility (and net neutrality).
When two attributes have mutual independence and equal influence on the aggregate utility, and if and only if both of them are equal to 1, the utility consequence can reach 1.
Disk Utility and Directory Utility.
