to describe or characterize in terms of a parameter
Also: parametrize, parametrise (pəˈræməˌtraɪz)
parameterize in American English
(pəˈræmɪtəˌraiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters
Also: parametrize, esp Brit parameterise
Derived forms
parameterization
noun
Word origin
[1935–40; parameter + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, aeroembolism, fluorocarbon, roadblock, unit trust-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)
Examples of 'parameterize' in a sentence
parameterize
This important set of experimental results served to parameterize the computational simulations.
Gabriel Zazeri, Ana Paula Ribeiro Povinelli, Marcelo de Freitas Lima, MarinônioLopes Cornélio 2019, 'Experimental Approaches and Computational Modeling of Rat Serum Albumin and Its Interactionwith Piperine', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/12/2856. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This model allows us to parameterize the diffusion coefficients as functions of the bunch charge.
Tanaji Sen, Wolfram Fischer 2017, 'Diffusion measurement from observed transverse beam echoes', Physical Review Accelerators and Beamshttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.011001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Using the results of these regression analyses, we parameterize discrete state, discrete age matrix models.
Shayna Fae Bernstein, David Rehkopf, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Carol C Horvitz 2018, 'Poverty dynamics, poverty thresholds and mortality: An age-stage Markovian model.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5955488?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Using this molecular representation, we parameterize molecular surfaces, i.e., isosurfaces of spatial molecular property distributions.
Quan Wang, Kerstin Birod, Carlo Angioni, Sabine Grösch, Tim Geppert, Petra Schneider,Matthias Rupp, Gisbert Schneider 2011, 'Spherical harmonics coefficients for ligand-based virtual screening of cyclooxygenaseinhibitors.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144885?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The result was to parameterize the cell outline.
Zully Santiago, John Loustau, David Meretzky, Devarshi Rawal, Derrick Brazill 2019, 'Advances in geometric techniques for analyzing blebbing in chemotaxing Dictyosteliumcells', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0211975. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To parameterize our model, we use results from two empirical interventions.
Ruoyan Sun, David Mendez 2019, 'Initiation versus Cessation Control Policies: Deriving Optimal Resource AllocationStrategies to Decrease Smoking Prevalence Under a Fixed Budget', MDM Policy & Practicehttps://doi.org/10.1177/2381468319832036. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Electromagnetic form factors are fundamental quantities which parameterize the electric and magnetic structure of hadrons.
Dbeyssi Alaa 2017, 'Baryon electromagnetic form factors at BESIII', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713801011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We used published and new quantitative data to parameterize the model.
Patrick Fried, Máximo Sánchez-Aragón, Daniel Aguilar-Hidalgo, Birgitta Lehtinen, FernandoCasares, Dagmar Iber 2016, 'A Model of the Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Drosophila Eye Disc Development.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5023109?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both steps parameterize the (noisy) manifold holding the original data.
J.-P. Armspach, F. Heitz, Ch. Heinrich, M. Brucher 2008, 'A Metric Multidimensional Scaling-Based Nonlinear Manifold Learning Approach for Unsupervised Data Reduction', EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processinghttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/862015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper presents a straightforward approach to parameterize multiagent models in applied development research.
Thomas Berger, Pepijn Schreinemachers 2006, 'Creating Agents and Landscapes for Multiagent Systems from Random Samples', Ecology and Societyhttp://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art19/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)