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SUMMARY:Plenary Lecture 3: Are simple models more general? - Kreft\, J (Un
 iversity of Birmingham)
DTSTART:20141027T163000Z
DTEND:20141027T173000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Co-author: Robert J Clegg (University of Birmingham) \n\nUsing
  some examples I will show that simpler models can be less general and tha
 t complex models can be less realistic. It is therefore important to vary 
 the complexity of a model to test the structural robustness of models\, no
 t just checking off the parameter sensitivity box. For example\, one ought
  to test which processes (e.g. growth\, diffusion\, migration\, predation\
 , ) need to be included in a model\, but having to spend a lot of time imp
 lementing further processes that may turn out not to matter means that thi
 s is often not done\, especially towards the end of a project. Open-source
 \, individual-based modelling platforms can help here if many groups contr
 ibute by implementing further processes enabling the user to quickly try o
 ut a bunch of processes. In the end\, models are more useful if they are l
 ess wrong.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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