To this end, the community assistance program of the planning division will continue to be operated as a staff function to make available, on a shared cost basis, technical planning assistance to those communities in the state unable to maintain their own planning staff.

The level of average cost ( equal to marginal cost ) is thus strictly a function of the wage rate.

Moreover, whereas in Interstate Commerce Commission parlance `` variable cost '' means a cost deemed to vary in direct proportion to changes in rate of output, in the type of analysis now under review `` variable cost '' has been used more broadly, so as to cover costs which, while a function of some one variable ( such as output of energy, or number of customers ), are not necessarily a linear function.

It may be that the objective function depends not only on Af but also on Af, as when the cost of the operating policy is considered.

Figure 1 shows the cumulative budget ( cost ) for this project as a function of time ( the blue line, labeled PV ).

The common sources of economies of scale are purchasing ( bulk buying of materials through long-term contracts ), managerial ( increasing the specialization of managers ), financial ( obtaining lower-interest charges when borrowing from banks and having access to a greater range of financial instruments ), marketing ( spreading the cost of advertising over a greater range of output in media markets ), and technological ( taking advantage of returns to scale in the production function ).

There are standard techniques for rewriting an arbitrary formula into one which does not use function or constant symbols, at the cost of introducing additional quantifiers ; we will therefore assume that all formulas are free of such symbols.

The cost of computing this " trivial " ( identity ) hash function is effectively zero.

Hotel operations vary in size, function, and cost.

A firm's cost is a function of the wage rate.

Such a sensor would supposedly cost less and use less power than a conventional sensor, and yet function usefully in all the same applications — for example, turning on parking lot lights when it gets dark.

He linked the definition to the mathematical concept of subadditivity ; specifically of the cost function.

This entails defining a cost function such that, for the optimal solution ,-i. e., no solution has a cost less than the cost of the optimal solution ( see Mathematical optimization ).

The cost function is an important concept in learning, as it is a measure of how far away a particular solution is from an optimal solution to the problem to be solved.

Learning algorithms search through the solution space to find a function that has the smallest possible cost.

For applications where the solution is dependent on some data, the cost must necessarily be a function of the observations, otherwise we would not be modelling anything related to the data.

While it is possible to define some arbitrary, ad hoc cost function, frequently a particular cost will be used, either because it has desirable properties ( such as convexity ) or because it arises naturally from a particular formulation of the problem ( e. g., in a probabilistic formulation the posterior probability of the model can be used as an inverse cost ).

The trouble here is that it's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it doesn't cost you anything.

The game is not worth the ammunition it would cost.

The American Medical Association is once again grinding out its tear-soaked propaganda based upon the high cost of the Veterans Administration medical program to the American taxpayer.

One indication of the merits of the new management is found in the fact that during the period 1951-1956, while total annual mileage put on the vehicles increased 35%, the total maintenance cost increased only 11%.

A substantial increase is estimated in the cost of operating additional communications systems in the air defense program, as well as in all programs where speed and security of communications are essential.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

This program is based on the policy of designing and building efficient machines which will help produce better textile values -- fabrics whose cost in relation to quality, fashion and utility provide the consumer with better textile products for the money.

The reason that we are not going ahead full speed to develop high thrust-to-weight engines is that it would cost perhaps a billion dollars -- and you don't spend that sort of money if aircraft are obsolete.

Their cost is not beyond the hopes of the American pocketbook, the range being about $150 to $1,000, depending on size.

The minimum cost for an average one-story, 7-room house with basement, is likely to run $1500 above the cost of the heating alone.

Look at the physical features of the land to determine how desirable it is for use, what can be done to correct the faults, and what it will cost to make the area meet your needs in comparison to other sites.

From the manufacturer's point of view, the increasing cost of advertising and promotion is a very real problem to be faced in the sixties.

The major gets the assured gallonage for the life of the lease and the distributor apparently can do well because delivery cost is low.

Ritter, the builder, is convinced that the total cost of all the heating systems plus the oil distribution system is no greater than would be gas heating systems in the houses plus their lines and meters.

Shipping cost is also reduced ; ;

It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

Since most European cars average more miles per gallon of gasoline than American cars, it naturally follows that the cost per kilometer for these models will be less, but the greater seating capacity of the large American cars will equalize this, provided your group is sufficiently large to fill a 7-passenger limousine.

Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.

We assume that average total unit cost in the relevant region of operation is constant with respect to quantity produced ( the average cost curve is horizontal, and therefore is identical with the marginal cost curve ), and is the same for every firm ( and therefore for the industry ).

A bridge's economic efficiency will be site and traffic dependent, the ratio of savings by having a bridge ( instead of, for example, a ferry, or a longer road route ) compared to its cost.

The cost was high, however, as the government was required by the king to call two general elections in 1910 to validate its position and ended up frittering away most of its large majority, being left once again dependent on the Irish Nationalists.

The pricing varies dependent on the size and location of the room but the average cost ranges from around 10, 000 ￦ to 20, 000 ￦ per hour ( 1, 000 ￦ = approx.

Mainframe return on investment ( ROI ), like any other computing platform, is dependent on its ability to scale, support mixed workloads, reduce labor costs, deliver uninterrupted service for critical business applications, and several other risk-adjusted cost factors.

The tax burden and the amount of deadweight cost is dependent on the elasticity of supply and demand for the good taxed.

:# The branching factor, f, is independent of the total number of nodes in the network and, therefore, if the nodes in the network require ports for connection to other nodes the total number of ports per node may be kept low even though the total number of nodes is large – this makes the effect of the cost of adding ports to each node totally dependent upon the branching factor and may therefore be kept as low as required without any effect upon the total number of nodes that are possible.

Rouse declared himself his sister's dependent and, with Navy connections now secured, was thereby able to attend the University of Hawaii at a greatly reduced cost.

The specific design used it dependent upon topography, geology, climate, the type of tailings and cost.

The debate has moved beyond a concern about the perceived cost of maintaining dependent people with disabilities to an effort of finding effective ways to ensure that people with disabilities can participate in and contribute to society in all spheres of life.

Of all three factors that affect cost, street width, street length and pavement width, only street length is pattern dependent.

At the same time, however, taxation on profits was raised and pensions increased to compensate retirees for a rise in the cost of living, while the allowances for dependent children payable to widows, the unemployed, and the sick, together with marriage and child allowances, were also increased.

Each DRG is allocated a ‘ weight ’, which is dependent on the average cost of inputs ( e. g. nursing, diagnostic services, procedures ) required to achieve the appropriate patient outcome.

Urban living also raises the cost of dependent children to a family.

* jump fix cost increase or decrease dependent to steps of volume increase.

In the 1960s, throughout his sojourn in London, Humphries became increasingly dependent on alcohol and by the last years of the decade his friends and family began to fear that his addiction might cost him his career or even his life.

Born at Meximieux, in the Kingdom of Savoy, he became gentleman-in-waiting to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and continued faithful to this prince in his disgrace, although his fidelity cost him a pension from the crown on which he was largely dependent.

Because it assures constant camber, dependent ( and semi-independent ) suspension is most common on vehicles that need to carry large loads as a proportion of the vehicle weight, that have relatively soft springs and that do not ( for cost and simplicity reasons ) use active suspensions.

Currently the minimum wage across the US is $ 7. 25, which in most areas is well below living wage due to high rent or house prices in cities and automobile dependent arrangements of grocery stores, jobs, housing, and services in suburbs and outlying areas, causing combined housing and transportation cost to be high both in the city and in the outlying areas.

Commercial success increasingly dependent on maximising production while minimising cost.

Its infrastructure is superior to that of other towns in Namibia's South, due to it not being dependent on cost recovery from its inhabitants.

Eventually, overtaxed Castile became barren, and Spain, particularly Castile, became dependent on large imports of grain to make up for crop shortfalls, that, given the cost of transportation and the risk of piracy, made staples far more expensive in Spain than elsewhere.

This leads to the relative cost of NRT versus cigarettes or tobacco being dependent on how much the individual smokes.

This method would be highly dependent on how comparable the jobs are, but, if they are properly chosen, it will produce a better estimate of the actual cost of the job.