tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post6373129813156694584..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: An Upcoming Workshop On Benefits Management In Health IT - Late February 2013.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48436952254825547222013-01-16T21:59:19.776+11:002013-01-16T21:59:19.776+11:00@Geoff
Re: “All models are wrong, some models are...@Geoff<br /><br />Re: “All models are wrong, some models are useful” and “A model is a word for people who can’t spell hypothesis.”<br /><br />Those statements reflect a very narrow view of modelling.<br /><br />Models can be used to document things and define behaviour - most modern cars behave the way they do because of the models embedded in them. Similarly with process control models. These Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-48979744021124974032013-01-16T17:10:00.151+11:002013-01-16T17:10:00.151+11:00“All models are wrong, some models are useful”. As...“All models are wrong, some models are useful”. As George Box commented, Bernard. The workshop does focus on simulating quantitative models and linking dynamic models with data, including from mobile devices.<br /><br />The modelling process has a large qualitative stage which covers many of the points you mention, particularly the need for conceptual clarity and testable hypotheses. In fact, Geoff McDonnellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-7208656449660075932013-01-16T15:50:50.309+11:002013-01-16T15:50:50.309+11:00At the risk of offending anyone, I think it is use...At the risk of offending anyone, I think it is useful to draw some boundaries around this course.<br /><br />The workshop is training in a particular modelling product, AnyLogic.<br /><br />From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnyLogic<br /><br /><i><b>The tool was named AnyLogic, because it supported all three well-known modeling approaches:<br /><br />-> System dynamics,<br />-> Discrete Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.com