There are limits to what monetary policy can accomplish and to forecasting random variables like interest rates and asset prices.

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Schneider needed a model that could take into account the nonobvious and sometimes random variables that affect the efficiency of thousands of drivers over weeks of time and at a high level of detail.

FORBES: Technology

Long-range financial planning turns on a host of assumptions, variables and random market noise.

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