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Science, Models and Theories

Published on Feb 25, 20076647 Views

Continuing advances in information and communications technology (ICT) are increasing the scale and connectivity of today's engineered systems. Managing the resultant complexity is becoming the centra

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“Would-be Worlds”?00:00
Rerunning the Tape04:33
Settling Empirical Questions08:06
What is a Model?09:26
“Standing in for..”10:30
Scientific Modelling12:30
Making Predictions14:25
Simulation Models16:49
Reasons to Simulate Pt. 118:46
Doomed to Succeed22:13
Opaque Thought Experiments26:29
The Lure of Artificial Worlds31:20
Complexity Science Models35:28