Operational definitions are also used to define system states in terms of a specific, publicly accessible process of preparation or validation testing, which is repeatable at will.

Operational definitions are also important in the physical sciences.

Operational definitions are at their most controversial in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, where intuitive concepts, such as intelligence need to be operationally defined before they become amenable to scientific investigation, for example, through processes such as IQ tests.

; Operational Acceptance Testing ( OAT ): Also known as operational readiness testing, this refers to the checking done to a system to ensure that processes and procedures are in place to allow the system to be used and maintained.

Operational systems are optimized for preservation of data integrity and speed of recording of business transactions through use of database normalization and an entity-relationship model.

Operational requirements are needed to be met by a database in order to effectively support an application when operational.

*** Operational metrics are used in manufacturing and distribution to measure efficiency and effectiveness.

* Operational — common units are battalion to divisional size, carrying a value based on their overall strengths and weaknesses.

The common elements identified in MIL-STD-881C, Appendix L are: Integration, assembly, test, and checkout ; Systems engineering ; Program management ; System test and evaluation ; Training ; Data ; Peculiar support equipment ; Common support equipment ; Operational and site activation ; Industrial facilities ; Initial spares and repair parts.

Also, most populated areas on Earth are now visible from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites ( GOES ), which aid in the nowcasting of tornadic storms.

Operational improvements would consist in increasing the fuel burnup allowing fuel costs reduction because less uranium and fewer bundles are needed to fuel the reactor.

They often operate in a hierarchical structure ; with a main headquarters staffed by professionals who plan projects, create budgets, keep accounts, report, and communicate with operational fieldworkers who work directly on projects Operational NGOs deal with a wide range of issues, but are most often associated with the delivery of services and welfare, emergency relief and environmental issues.

Operational NGOs can be further categorized, one frequently used categorization is the division into relief-oriented versus development-oriented organizations ; they can also be classified according to whether they stress service delivery or participation ; or whether they are religious or secular ; and whether they are more public or private-oriented.

Operational weights are based on axle group masses, as follows:

Service-level management ensures that arrangements are in place with internal IT support-providers and external suppliers in the form of Operational Level Agreements ( OLAs ) and Underpinning Contracts ( UCs ), respectively.

The United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command's Test and Evaluation Coordination Office and TH-67 primary and instrument training are both located at Cairns Army Airfield.

Operational groups of the 91st wing are:

These are: Pharmacy and Pharmacology ; Business and Management ( AMBA accredited ); Architecture and Civil Engineering ; Economics ; Computer Science ; Electronic and Electrical engineering ; Mechanical Engineering ( IMechE accredited ); Mathematics, Statistics and Operational research ; Education ; Molecular Biosciences ; Biosciences ; Physics and Astronomy ; Politics ; Sport ; Social Policy and Administration.

The SBS are under the Operational Command of Director Special Forces and are based in Hamworthy barracks, Poole, Dorset.

The Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Operational Headquarters are located at Reitan, east of Bodø.

There are four roles within a business Management system: Business Leader, Process Owner, Operational Manager, and Process Operator.

As the Process Operators perform the processes, the Operational Managers are responsible to build bridges and remove barriers that will allow the process and Process Operator performance objectives to be met.

The Operational section is the foundation of the industry-wise structure.

Operational intelligence presumably will be available from our national intelligence agencies ; ;

All Belarus ground forces were now grouped within these two commands, the Western Operational Command at Grodno, former from the previous 28th Army Corps, the former Soviet 28th Army, and the North Western Operational Command, the former 65th Army Corps, at Borisov.

Verbatim translations were sent solely to the Naval Intelligence Division ( NID ) of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre ( OIC ) supplemented by information from indexes as to the meaning of technical terms and abbreviations, and cross-referenced information from a store of knowledge of German naval technology.

Operational control extended from the headquarters of the general staff in Khartoum to the six regional commands ( central, eastern, western, northern, southern, and Khartoum ).

The use of statistical analysis, by a branch of science which has become known as Operational Research to influence military tactics was a departure from anything previously attempted.

In an interview published by the Public Broadcasting Service, a Staff Sergeant from the U. S. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha ( ODA ) 572 described the caves as thus:

According to the Einsatzgruppe's Operational Situation Report, 33, 771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs were systematically shot dead by machine-gun fire at Babi Yar on September 29 and September 30, 1941.

From the early 1970s to 2003 McAlpine Helicopters Limited and Operational Support Services Limited ( later renamed McAlpine Aviation Services Limited ) operated from two purpose-built helicopter hangars in Swallowfield Way industrial estate, as the company operated on land already owned by the Sir Robert McAlpine.

( The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership ), released under the name George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, served as a reunion album featuring contributions from the band's most noteworthy songwriters from the earlier eras, such as Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and Junie Morrison.

Operational considerations were provided by experienced Air Force combat pilots Col. Ken Kronlund and Col. Cliff Miller as well as valuable inputs from the Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center.

Titan I missile emerges from its silo at Vandenberg Operational System Test Facility in 1960

Operational Hess Oil tanks stand as a reminder of the borough's industrial phase beside the derelict Alcoa rolling mill, once the second-largest in the world, the building, occupying of space was designed in 1914 and was used to roll ingots of aluminum into sheets that were used to create everything from toothpaste tubes to aircraft frames before the facility was abandoned in 1967.

Operational since 1968, it is particularly suitable as a location for a spaceport as it fulfills the two major geographical requirements of such a site: it is quite close to the equator, so that the spinning earth can impart some extra velocity to the rockets for free when launched eastward, and it has uninhabited territory ( in this case, open sea ) to the east, so that lower stages of rockets and debris from launch failures cannot fall on human habitations.

* Operational benchmarking-embraces everything from staffing and productivity to office flow and analysis of procedures performed.

Operational jet aircraft from both countries entered use only weeks apart.

The 481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group ( NFOTG ) used the faciity as part of the Army Air Forces Night Fighter School which had transferred from Florida to Hammer Field, California.

Operational use from the airfield began in February 1947 when the 347th Fighter Group ( All Weather ) began operating P-61 Black Widow interceptor aircraft, which were used to provide air defense for Japan.

* Operational definition, in philosophy of science, distinguishing an object from its background of observation, or identifying what is and what is not part of it

He was Director of Operational Research with the Admiralty from 1942 to 1945, and his work improved the survival odds of convoys, presented counter-intuitive but correct recommendations for the armour-plating of aircraft and achieved many other successes.

" The Navy ’ s SEAL Team 6, sometimes called Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or DEVGRU ; the Army ’ s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, or Delta Force ; the 75th Ranger Regiment ; the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ; the Air Force ’ s 24th Special Tactics Squadron ; plus elements from other even more secret units and intelligence organizations " has killed or captured more than 2, 000 enemy insurgents in Afghanistan against the Haqqani network, which is a strong faction of the Taliban.