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** Decide, Strategize and design | ** Decide, Strategize and design | ||
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How models make you a better citizen of the world | How models make you a better citizen of the world | ||
*"All models are wrong, but some are useful" George EP Box | *"All models are wrong, but some are useful" George EP Box | ||
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*Models make us humble | *Models make us humble | ||
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How models make us clear thinkers | How models make us clear thinkers | ||
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*Identify logical boundaries (identify conditions under which to apply rules) | *Identify logical boundaries (identify conditions under which to apply rules) | ||
*Use models to communicate | *Use models to communicate | ||
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==Why Model?== | |||
By: Joshua M. Epstein | |||
==The Model Thinker: Prologue, Introduction and Chapter 1== | |||
Revision as of 17:07, 12 March 2012
Lectures
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- Why use models?
- Lots of fields use models
- Models produce clearer thinking, make you a better thinker
- Use and understand data
- Decide, Strategize and design
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How models make you a better citizen of the world
- "All models are wrong, but some are useful" George EP Box
- Models are the language of business, academia, non-profit, almost all purposes
- Models give us the conditions under which rules are best applied
- Formal models do better than any semi-formal technique
- Models are fertile, a model designed for one system can often be cross applied to other domains
- Models make us humble
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How models make us clear thinkers
- Step 1: Name the parts
- Step 2: Identify the relationships (between those parts and how things play out)
- Outcomes: Equilibrium, cycle, random, complex
- Identify logical boundaries (identify conditions under which to apply rules)
- Use models to communicate
Readings
Why Model?
By: Joshua M. Epstein