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Quotes about models

All models are wrong, but some are useful.

– George Edward Pelham Box
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It’s easy to start building a model with a vague idea of what you want, and then sharpen your focus as you proceed. It’s impossible to complete an adequate model unless you have developed a precise idea of what you want it to do.

– Jim Dunnigan
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The question then is to understand the nature of models, what distinguishes good ones from not so good ones, and techniques for creating a dynamic model capable of abstracting details and revealing key processes.

– Brien J. Miller
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[…] the microcosm of the game board, a simple model of real-world events which can be explored inconsequentially.

– Jon Peterson
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[Games] are predigested models that we can easily absorb and manipulate. This is why they are relaxing to play – they are less work for our brain than the real world, because so much of the complexity has been stripped away.

– Jesse Schell
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