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Scientific activity that produces models

Scientific modelling is an activity that produces models representing empirical objects, phenomena, and physical processes, to make a particular part or feature of the world easier to understand, define, quantify, visualize, or simulate. It requires selecting and identifying relevant aspects of a situation in the real world and then developing a model to replicate a system with those features. Different types of models may be used for different purposes, such as conceptual models to better understand, operational models to operationalize, mathematical models to quantify, computational models to simulate, and graphical models to visualize the subject. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Scientific modellingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Dynamic topic modelling for exploring the scientific literature on coronavirus: an unsupervised labelling techniqueInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Use of simulation-optimization modeling to assess regional ground-water systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Sampling and Bayes' Inference in Scientific Modelling and RobustnessCited 685 times
  5. Go sideways: Formal scienceA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Idealization (philosophy of science)A closely related topic

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