Modelling in natural sciences : design, validation, and case studies /

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Author / Creator:Müller, Tibor.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2003.
Description:ix, 459 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4866044
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Other authors / contributors:Müller, Harmund.
ISBN:3540001530 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Models
  • 2. Systems
  • 3. Mappings
  • 4. Characterizing Models
  • 5. The Art of Modelling
  • 6. Inference
  • 7. Probabilities
  • 8. Tolerance
  • 9. Tests
  • 10. Validity
  • 11. Suggestions for Further Reading
  • App. Modelling the Evolution of Galaxies / Christian Theis
  • App. Modern Soda Lakes: Model Environments for an Early Alcaline Ocean / Stephan Kempe and Jozef Kazmierczak
  • App. Modelling in Palaeoanthropology: Reconstructing the development of paleospecies / Christine Hertler, Friedeman Schrenk and Timothy G. Bromage
  • App. A Mathematical Model for the Identification of Human Impacts on Floods: The Modau Case Study / Manfred Ostrowski, Marcus Lempert and Steffen Heusch
  • App. Physical Modeling of a Glass Melter / Manfred Kelm
  • App. Modelling of Complexation Equilibria / Johannes Lutzenkirchen and Bernhard Kienzler
  • App. Weather Prediction by Numerical Modelling of Atmospheric Processes / Gerhard Adrian and Detlev Majewski
  • App. Simulation of Hydrogen Behaviour During a Severe Accident in a Nuclear Power Plant / Ulrich Bielert, Wolfgang Breitung and Alexei Kotchourko.