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"parameters to calibrate" vs "parameters to be calibrated"
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00 I'm writing a technical report about optimization. The model that I'm using has many parameters and I should calibrate them to approximate measured data. So I want to say: 02 br
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00 1. The model has a large number of parameters to calibrate. 02 br
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00 2. The model has a large number of parameters to be calibrated. 02 br
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00 Which one is correct? 02 br
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00 And writing this post, another question has come to my mind. Should I say: 02 br
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00 1. "The" model that I'm using... 02 br
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00 2. "A" model that I'm using... 02 br
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00 ? Am I referring to a specific model that I'm using or an unspecific (to you) model that I'm using? 02 br
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00 It's kind of confusing to me. 02 br
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00 Thank you in advance. 0-
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00 I'm writing a technical report about optimization. The model that I'm using has many parameters and I should calibrate them to approximate measured data. So I want to say: 02 br
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00 1. The model has a large number of parameters to calibrate. 02 br
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00 2. The model has a large number of parameters to be calibrated. 02 br
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00 Which one is correct? 02 br
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00 And writing this post, another question has come to my mind. Should I say: 02 br
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00 1. "The" model that I'm using... 02 br
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00 2. "A" model that I'm using... 02 br
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00 ? Am I referring to a specific model that I'm using or an unspecific (to you) model that I'm using? 02 br
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00 It's kind of confusing to me. 02 br
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00 Thank you in advance. 0-
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12 blockquote 12 br 00 Both are correct, although I prefer the second. 02 br 01 blockquote 00 Am I referring to a specific model that I'm using or an unspecific (to you) model that I'm using? 12 blockquote 12 br 00 Only you can answer this!
- 12 blockquote 12 br 00 Both are correct, although I prefer the second.
- 02 br 01 blockquote 00 Am I referring to a specific model that I'm using or an unspecific (to you) model that I'm using?
- 12 blockquote 12 br 00 Only you can answer this!
- 02 br 02 br 00 "A model" implies that you are using several models but writing about only one of them.
- 02 br 02 br 00 In other words: "One of the models that I'm using".
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00 Both are correct, although I prefer the second. 02 br
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00 Only you can answer this! 02 br
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00 Which one is correct? 12 blockquote12 br
00 Both are correct, although I prefer the second. 02 br
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00 Am I referring to a specific model that I'm using or an unspecific (to you) model that I'm using? 12 blockquote12 br
00 Only you can answer this! 02 br
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0 Thank you, Eimai. 02 br
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00 Then assuming that I'm using only one model, can I say "The model that I'm using" at the beginning of a document even if the reader does not know which model that I'm talking about? 0-
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00 Then assuming that I'm using only one model, can I say "The model that I'm using" at the beginning of a document even if the reader does not know which model that I'm talking about? 0-
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