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Those metrics provide a very clear way to benchmark performance—something that doesn’t exist for many real-world problems, where the most effective move may be far more ambiguous and the entire concept of “winning” may not apply.
KNOW WHEN TO FOLD ’EM: HOW A COMPANY BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING GAMES USED A.I. TO SOLVE ONE OF BIOLOGY’S GREATEST MYSTERIESJEREMY KAHNNOVEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNEThe question was ambiguous as stated, so I gave credit for both answers.
THE FIFTH BATTLE FOR RIDDLER NATIONZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSuch questions routinely prompt ambiguous and gendered responses.
HOW TO BE A FAIR-PAY CEOMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 25, 2020FORTUNEFinally, as some readers observed, the original puzzle was slightly ambiguous as written.
CAN YOU REACH THE BEACH?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIn those ambiguous cases, mathematicians have additional tools at their disposal.
THE ‘USELESS’ PERSPECTIVE THAT TRANSFORMED MATHEMATICSKEVIN HARTNETTJUNE 9, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINESome few of them however (perhaps from my want of Judgment) seem so ambiguous, as to want a little Explanation.
A LETTER FROM MR. CIBBER TO MR. POPECOLLEY CIBBERIn some cases proper evidence may be used to identify things where the description in the will is ambiguous.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESIt was a claiming touch, and there was something in the unfolded sweetness of her face that was not ambiguous.
HILDASARAH JEANETTE DUNCANI am not without resources; but his civil ambiguous silence, by feeding my hopes, has encreased my difficulties.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONTo think of a chap writing such a veiled, ambiguous, absolutely botched sentence, and cooking up such a mess!
FIFTY CONTEMPORARY ONE-ACT PLAYSVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO AMBIGUOUS
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- with mixed feelings
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