to describe or characterize in terms of a parameter
Also: parametrize, parametrise (pəˈræməˌtraɪz)
Examples of 'parameterise' in a sentence
parameterise
Information from empirical studies was used to parameterise the model.
Victoria J Brookes, David Jordan, Stephen Davis, Michael P Ward, Jane Heller 2015, 'Saltelli Global Sensitivity Analysis and Simulation Modelling to Identify InterventionStrategies to Reduce the Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 Contaminated Beef Carcasses.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4694618?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We parameterise fluxes of depositing compounds using a resistance approach using direct canopy measurements of deposition.
P. K. Misztal, E. Nemitz, B. Langford, C. F. Di Marco, G. J. Phillips, C. N. Hewitt,A. R. MacKenzie, S. M. Owen, D. Fowler, M. R. Heal, J. N. Cape 2011, 'Direct ecosystem fluxes of volatile organic compounds from oil palms in South-EastAsia', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicshttp://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/8995/2011/acp-11-8995-2011.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This pipeline provides a cost-effective and inherently scalable method to parameterise and analyse variation in rosette shape.
Anyela Camargo, Dimitra Papadopoulou, Zoi Spyropoulou, Konstantinos Vlachonasios,John H Doonan, Alan P Gay 2014, 'Objective definition of rosette shape variation using a combined computer vision anddata mining approach.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4013065?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Other common drawbacks are due to their scale, making them difficult to parameterise and simulation results hard to interpret.
Anthony C. Smith, Filmon Eyassu, Jean-Pierre Mazat, Alan J. Robinson 2017, 'MitoCore: a curated constraint-based model for simulating human central metabolism',BMC Systems Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12918-017-0500-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We use these data to build and parameterise a mathematical model, which we then validate by further experiments.
Mphatso Kalemera, Dilyana Mincheva, Joe Grove, Christopher J R Illingworth 2019, 'Building a mechanistic mathematical model of hepatitis C virus entry.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6445459?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These often short living features are used to identify active faults and to parameterise palaeoearthquakes (slip rates, subsidence and erosion).
Nadine Hoffmann 2014, 'The active tectonic landscape of Lake Ohrid (FYR of Macedonia/Albania)', Annals of Geophysicshttp://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/6254. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These experimental data can be used to parameterise models and confirm that snail populations are regulated by nonlinear density-dependent mechanisms.
T. D. Mangal, S. Paterson, A. Fenton 2010, 'Effects of Snail Density on Growth, Reproduction and Survival of Biomphalaria alexandrinaExposed to Schistosoma mansoni', Journal of Parasitology Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/186792. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)