Modeling is a basic tool of the human mind that provides us with the ability to create abstract versions of the world, or part of it. These abstract versions can embody a convenient, simplified representation of a situation, object, and so forth and can be used to find a solution to a given problem. Modeling involves imagination and creativity; it underlies our capacity to communicate, generalize, and express meaning or patterns in an intelligent manner.
It is usually accepted that modeling is a way of making decisions and predictions about the world and that the purpose ...
