Explanatory Model
An Explanatory Model is a model that can aid in a system analysis task.
- Context:
- It can be produced by an Explanatory Model Analysis Task.
- It can help us understand/explain the patterns that we see.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Explanation, Reality.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/explanatory_model Retrieved:2014-4-25.
- An explanatory model is a useful description and explanation of why and how a thing works or an explanation of why a phenomenon is the way it is.
Explanatory models do not claim to be a complete description/explanation of the absolute reality about the thing/phenomenon, nor does it even claim to, necessarily, be fully accurate. The description explanation does, however, need to fit well enough to a sufficient portion of all the knowledge, observations and theoretical circumstances known about the thing/phenomenon, so that the explanatory model becomes useful.
That is: the description/explanation of an explanatory model, should be useful/helpful when one is about to make a decision or choice or when trying to understand, explain or in some other way relate to the reality of the world around us.
By being mindful of the difference between on the one hand: "absolute reality" and on the other hand: "explanatory models", then one will be better equipped to avoid erroneously rejecting important new knowledge, even when this new knowledge clearly contradicts that which one knows from before.
- An explanatory model is a useful description and explanation of why and how a thing works or an explanation of why a phenomenon is the way it is.
2011
- (Goudiean et al., 2011) ⇒ R. I . Goudiean, Christoph Scheidegger, Claudia Hanel, Anne Munier, and Eugene Conway. (2011). “New Population Models Help Explain Declines in the Globally Rare Boreal Felt Lichen Erioderma Pedicellatum in Newfoundland.” Endangered species research 13, no. 3
- QUOTE: New population models help explain declines in the globally rare boreal felt lichen Erioderma … in Newfoundland using life stage data collected in eastern and south-cetral Newfoundland, Canada … We recognize that demographic data collected over 4 yr also allow the development of a stochastic model. ... The elasticity values support the fact that the population growth rates are most sensitive to changes in the survival of necrotic (apothecia-bearing) cohorts.
2010
- (Shmueli, 2010) ⇒ Galit Shmueli. (2010). “To Explain Or to Predict?.” In: Statistical Science, 25(3).
An Explanatory Model is a [[Useful Description of Why And How a Thing Works or an Explanation of Why a Phenomenon is The Way it is. The Explanatory Model is Used as a Substitute For "The&Nbsp;Full&Nbsp;Explanation" of The Thing in Question:
- Either Because The Full&Nbsp;Explanation is Unavailable
- or Because The&Nbsp;Full&Nbsp;Explanation is Too Cumbersome to be Practical in The Case at Hand.
- Explanatory Models do Not Claim to be a Complete Description/Explanation of The Absolute About The Thing/Phenomenon, Nor do They Even Claim to, Necessarily, be Fully Accurate. The Description/Explanation Does, However, Need to Fit Well Enough to a Sufficient Portion of All The Knowledge, Observations And Theoretical Circumstances Known About The Thing/Phenomenon, so]] that ...
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References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/explanatory_model Retrieved:2020-4-6.
- An explanatory model is a useful description of why and how a thing works or an explanation of why a phenomenon is the way it is. The explanatory model is used as a substitute for "the full explanation" of the thing in question:
- either because the full explanation is unavailable
- or because the full explanation is too cumbersome to be practical in the case at hand.
- Explanatory models do not claim to be a complete description/explanation of the absolute about the thing/phenomenon, nor do they even claim to, necessarily, be fully accurate. The description/explanation does, however, need to fit well enough to a sufficient portion of all the knowledge, observations and theoretical circumstances known about the thing/phenomenon, so that the explanatory model becomes useful.
That is: the description/explanation in an explanatory model, should be useful/helpful when one is about to make a decision or choice or when trying to successfully understand, explain or in some other way relate to the reality of the world around.
- An explanatory model is a useful description of why and how a thing works or an explanation of why a phenomenon is the way it is. The explanatory model is used as a substitute for "the full explanation" of the thing in question: