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Models Are Functioning in Scenarios

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Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains (DAMDID/RCDL 2019)

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Abstract

Models are one of the universal instruments of humans. They are instruments that are used on purpose in scenarios. They are usable and useful within these scenarios. The scenario determines the function and thus the purpose of a model. This determination governs the acceptance in dependence of the utility that a model provides.

We discuss in this paper the dependence of model kinds on four scenarios: communication scenario oriented on social aspects, comprehension scenarios targeting on representation aspects, search scenarios oriented on model usage and model enhancement, and analysis scenarios targeting on sense-making aspects.

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    “All models are wrong. ... Obtain a ‘correct’ one. ... Alert to what is importantly wrong.” [3] We claim: Models might be ‘wrong’. But they are useful.

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    Collections of papers which are used as background for this paper is downloadable via Research Gate. Notions and definitions we used can be fetched there.

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    The rich body of knowledge resulted in [21] or the encyclopedia with [16].

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    As a generalisation, reconsideration of [11].

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Thalheim, B. (2020). Models Are Functioning in Scenarios. In: Elizarov, A., Novikov, B., Stupnikov, S. (eds) Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains. DAMDID/RCDL 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1223. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51913-1_5

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