this alternative viewpoint affects our attempts to design and utilise models for living systems. We classify the types of …

that all models are false and at best useful constructs or approximations to true models and an apparent realism that … models are to be judged by their success at capturing an independent reality. This tension is resolved starting from Ronald …

-individual-based models. The profiles generate markedly different time courses of HIV spread. Concentration of risk causes a rapid initial …

judgment and statistical models can lead to increased profits for new direct marketing offerings. …

Models of Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH) and their generalizations are widely used in ap …

account models. In this regard, after a brief theoretical approach of the profit and loss account, we will indicate the … advantages of two models of profit and loss account but without forgetting their limitations. Thus, we will provide the income …

.<P> This study adds to prior research on the non-use of models in practice by showing that the non-use of models also exists … of the marketing managers do not make use of media selection models. In the attempt to investigate differences in the … factors guiding media selection between marketing managers who use media selection models (users) and those who do not use any …