The commission rejected a proposal to eliminate the use of numerical formulas altogether in measuring whether a school was discriminating.

But some critics said the rules, with their numerical formulas for sentencing, were too rigid; others said they would still allow wide sentencing disparities.

Job performance came down to a numerical formula involving stock prices and option values, both of which the executive could influence.

Ashley constructed many of his works around numbers and numerical formulas.

When signals are processed, statistics is used because it's essential to know a distribution of data and represent data by numerical formulas.

He confirmed that the officers use a numerical formula - every 5th, 12th or 20th person with a bag or package, for example.

Coverage will be subject to numerical formulas to reduce discrimination.

Replies: There is not a numerical formula in the simplest sense, but there is a model that works.

One could reach this erroneous conclusion only if one believes that a numerical formula defines merit.

Such propositions, then, cannot be termed axioms (for in that case we should have an infinity of these), but numerical formulae.