The seer-sucker theory: the value of experts in forecasting

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  • J. Scott Armstrong
چکیده

Location getLocation(int timeout)Description: Retrieves a Location with the constraints given by the Crite-ria associated with this class. If no result could be retrieved,a LocationException is thrown. If the location can't be deter-mined within the timeout period specified in the parameter,the method shall throw a LocationException. If the provider is temporarily unavailable, the device willwait and try to obtain the location until the timeout expires.If the provider is permanently unavailable, then the Loca-tionException is thrown immediately. Note that the individual Location returned might not fulfillexactly the criteria used for selecting this LocationProvider.The Criteria is used to select a location provider that typical-ly is able to meet the defined criteria, but not necessarily forevery individual location measurement. The single parameter passed is a timeout value in seconds. -1is used to indicate that a default timeout value for this pro-vider should be used.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006