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Kinds of Mathematical Models

The document discusses different types of mathematical models, including: 1) Models can be static or dynamic, deterministic or stochastic, spatially distributed or lumped. 2) Models can be data-driven and statistical or based more on internal states. 3) Models vary in their representation of time and space, variables, complexity, and solution method.

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Kinds of Mathematical Models

The document discusses different types of mathematical models, including: 1) Models can be static or dynamic, deterministic or stochastic, spatially distributed or lumped. 2) Models can be data-driven and statistical or based more on internal states. 3) Models vary in their representation of time and space, variables, complexity, and solution method.

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Causality between state variables etc.

Pre-calc models of equilibrium for ladder resting May be stochastic (random)


on wall
Static Dynamic

Algebraic relationships

Less data-driven: internal state


Spatially aggregated / lumped or spatially distributed /
extended (e.g. ODE vs PDE)
Deterministic

Driven by measurements (data): often stateless

Linear or non-linear models

Statistical
Bayesian inference Discrete or continuous (time and space)
Framework
Correlations, little causation

... but can infer


Fit probability distributions Kinds of mathematical models
for random variables
with techniques
such as Granger
Causality
One or multi-scale representations

Independent and dependent variables


Black box I/O

Conceptual / logical model Occam's razor


Structures / entities / sub-systems

Complexity

Black box / systems theory Assumptions and choices Theory and hypotheses

Functional properties
Conceptual analysis (intuition)
Timescale for stability of structure

Mathematics vs computation / simulation Optimization Functions / mappings


Fitting to empirical data
Types of analysis

Explicit equation for a variable's solution Other terminology

Analytic vs numerical solution


Iterative process = implicitly defined solution
Sets (domains, etc)
Differential and difference equations

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