Determining a " country of origin " is thus much more difficult than determining other aspects of a gem ( such as cut, clarity etc.

* Path planning: Determining an optimal path for vehicle to go while meeting certain objectives and mission constraints, such as obstacles or fuel requirements

* Determining environmental conditions and " ground rules " such as day / night, weather, scoring systems, allowable weapons or gameplay types, time limits, and starting resources.

Determining whether such paths and cycles exist in graphs is the Hamiltonian path problem, which is NP-complete.

Determining costs requires keeping records of goods or materials purchased and any discounts on such purchase.

This new system integrates with the various LTA's traffic management existing systems, such as the Green Link Determining System ( GLIDE ), TrafficScan, Expressway Monitoring Advisory System ( EMAS ), Junction Electronic Eyes ( J-Eyes ), and the Electronic Road Pricing system.

* Determining the basic effects of a control treatment ( such as a dose-survival curve in clonogenic assay )

Determining the cause of such accidents is difficult for investigators and it is often impossible to tell if negligence caused the crash.

Determining when the first engagement of the United States in World War II occurred depends on the scholar and if such actions led to formal entry of the United States into the conflict.

Determining the optimal parameters in a model of this type is not trivial, and local numerical optimization methods such as gradient descent can be sensitive to initialization because of the presence of local minima of the training criterion.

The book includes chapters such as " The Chemistry of Milk ", " The Chemistry of Baking Powders and Their Use in Baking ", " The Chemistry of Vegetable Cookery " and " Determination of Hydrogen Ion Concentration " and contains numerous illustrations of lab experiments including such things as a Distillation Apparatus for Vegetable Samples and a Pipette for Determining the Relative Viscosity of Pectin Solutions.

Determining the composition of the Memorial depends on the dates of Nehemiah's mission: It is commonly accepted that " Artaxerxes " was Artaxerxes I ( there were two later kings of the same name ), and that Nehemiah's first period in Jerusalem was therefore 445-433 BC ; allowing for his return to Susa and second journey to Jerusalem, the end of the 5th century BC is therefore the earliest possible date for the Memorial.

Determining styles in capoeira is a very tough task, since there was never a unity in the original capoeira, or a teaching method before the decade of 1920.

Determining a precise distance to the LMC, as with any other galaxy, was challenging due to the use of standard candles for calculating distances, with the primary problem being that many of the standard candles are not as ' standard ' as one would like ; in many cases, the age and / or metallicity of the standard candle plays a role in determining the intrinsic luminosity of the object.

Determining latitude was relatively easy in that it could be found from the altitude of the sun at noon with the aid of a table giving the sun's declination for the day.

The term ‘ fair ’ is meant to denote not only a smooth transition from fore to aft but also a shape that was ‘ right .’ Determining what is ‘ right ’ in a particular situation in the absence of definitive supporting analysis encompasses the art of naval architecture to this day.

" Although a Human Effects Advisory Panel was established in 1998 to provide independent assessment on human effects, data, and models for the use of ' non-lethal weapons ' on the general population, the TECOM Technology Symposium in 1997 concluded on non-lethal weapons: " Determining the target effects on personnel is the greatest challenge to the testing community ," primarily because " the potential of injury and death severely limits human tests.

" Determining the link between data breaches and identity theft is challenging, primarily because identity theft victims often do not know how their personal information was obtained ," and identity theft is not always detectable by the individual victims, according to a report done for the FTC.

It is also supported by the principles found in paragraph 171 of the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status which was issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ).

Determining that the actions of Blount, now a senator from Tennessee, constituted a crime, Adams sent Blount's letter to the Senate, where it was presented on July 3, 1797, while Blount was out for a walk.

It was defined in a paper titled “ Distributed Snapshots: Determining Global States of a Distributed System .”

Determining when a given medal was struck is sometimes difficult.

Determining that there was an artificial effect suppressing the crew's memories, Dr. Crusher works to quickly restore them to the crew.

Determining longitudinal position was a major problem in marine navigation ; Newton argued that astronomical positioning could be used, but an easier theoretical possibility was to use accurate knowledge of the time at a specific, base, location.

Determining Yamashita ’ s intent was therefore paramount in establishing responsibility for the sook ching.

Determining exergy was also the first goal of thermodynamics.

Determining a precise location in the sky was complicated by the fact that the Big Ear telescope used two feed horns to search for signals, each pointing to a slightly different direction in the sky following Earth's rotation ; the Wow!

Determining that the section of the defensive line was manned primarily by artillery, he ordered an attack.

* Evaluation: Determining the effectiveness of the treatment plan that was administered.

The title of his thesis was " The Effects of Fixed Action Patterns and Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Determining Outcomes in Human Behaviour ".

Determining the temperature of a pot of hot liquid required the user to leave the thermometer in the hot liquid until after reading it.

* IPC-2152 Standard for Determining Current-Carrying Capacity in Heavy Copper PCB ( registration required )

* Determining the minimum amount of energy required to heat the material.

* Determining the minimum time required to heat the material.

Determining a precise value for a particular knot is difficult because many factors can affect a knot efficiency test: the type of fiber, the style of rope, the size of rope, whether it is wet or dry, how the knot is dressed before loading, how rapidly it is loaded, whether the knot is repeatedly loaded, and so on.

Determining the date and length of Eric's reign ( before and after his father's death ) is a challenging and perhaps impossible task based on the confused chronology of our late sources.

Determining whether any changes have been made to a message ( or a file ), for example, can be accomplished by comparing message digests calculated before, and after, transmission ( or any other event ).

* Determining levels of toxic substances before and after bioremediation

Determining roles, goals and team philosophy before the start of the race is critical.

Determining the habitability of red dwarf stars could help determine how common life in the universe might be, as red dwarfs make up between 70 to 90 % of all the stars in the galaxy.

Determining the strength of different manufactures of pepper sprays can be confusing.