The challenge for school systems that base teacher compensation on student performance is to comprehensively and fairly weigh variables when evaluating teachers.
But if algorithms are taking over the editing function and determining what we see, we need to make sure they weigh variables beyond a narrow "relevance".
Our score is characterised by low complexity, with only three differently weighed variables, and by the use of a bedside-test for fast and immediate risk stratification.
For the likes of Arbutus and Arts & Crafts, sourcing manufacturers involves a complex weighing of variables.
In deciding when to make a move, executives at CBS, which is owned by Viacom, must weigh several variables.
Peter Gasperini, president of Northeast Radiant, a hydronic radiant heat installer in South Salem, N.Y., said that when designing a snow-melting system, the installer should weigh property variables, including slope, drainage, average humidity, typical snow density and even wind velocity.
But, in fact, my metaphor does a disservice to state-of-the-art software, which can weigh competing variables, adapt to changing circumstances, customize responses.
They weigh these variables, constantly tweaking the weightings.
Therefore, specific objectives of this investigation were to identify factors and select criteria of growth and yield requirements of jatropha, classify and weigh environmental variables into different levels of suitability, and produce a suitability map for jatropha production in Ethiopia.
