What would really be useful is mathematical modeling that can predict new places that an individual will visit.

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Good analysts are likely quite skilled at mathematical modeling, but it is a necessary and not sufficient condition for being a good analyst.

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Berger has looked at how electrical signals travel through neurons there to form those long-term memories and has used his expertise in mathematical modeling to mimic these movements using electronics.

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Also, my frequent co-author, Samuel Foucher, and I have collaborated on a number of papers and presentations, and Sam has done some excellent mathematical modeling work on the top oil exporting countries.

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As a professor in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he's using a combination of mathematical modeling, computer simulation and behavioral experiments to explain how people learn new things.

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Campaign speeches wield tremendous influence in determining the outcome of an election, and it turns out that mathematical modeling can predict the winner of a presidential election just by using the text of campaign speeches alone.

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Mathematical modeling of phenomena and processes.

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The scientists -- who bring varied skills to the table, including mathematical modeling and psychiatry -- believe they have cracked how long-term memories are made, stored and retrieved and how to replicate this process in brains that are damaged, particularly by stroke or localized injury.

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He is also the founding director of the Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center.

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