quantification
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Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
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Useful quantification is so often the key to fruitful science.
The moral value of quantification is that it treats all lives as equally valuable, so actions that bring down the highest numbers of homicides prevent the greatest amount of human tragedy.
Adaptive controllers encompass not only the decision-making rules, but also the psychophysiological inference that is implicit in the quantification of those trigger points used to activate the rules.
Amplification and quantification of DNA seeAlso Because PCR amplifies the regions of DNA that it targets, PCR can be used to analyze extremely small amounts of sample.
Because EVM requires quantification of a project plan, it is often perceived to be inapplicable to discovery-driven or Agile software development projects.
By considering the dataset's characteristics under repeated sampling, the frequentist properties of a statistical proposition can be quantified—although in practice this quantification may be challenging.