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Verisimilitude in models and simulations
Peppereornpero – Verisimilitude in models and simulations Modeling always requires abstraction and simplification. We need to arrive at a ...
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Peppereornpero – Verisimilitude in models and simulations Modeling always requires abstraction and simplification. We need to arrive at a ...
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