Abstract:The activity of modelling entails the conception, representation and execution of a model. In this paper we explore this activity from a historical perspective, by positioning it within the philosophy of science, and by taking a practice-based perspective. We draw a clear distinction between the internal and implicit conceptual model that exists within the mind of the modeller, and its external and explicit representational and executable forms. As a field we have focused much of our efforts on model represent… Show more
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