Interest in the computational aspects of modeling has been steadily growing in philosophy of science. This paper aims to advance the discussion by articulating the ...

Learn what overfitting is, how it impacts data models, and effective strategies to prevent it, such as cross-validation and simplification.

Much methodological advancement has been made in the modeling and analysis of regional migration. Previous migration modeling, however, has been done in a black box. The overall performance of a ...

Professor of Mechanics, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. It's easy to construct finite-element models with errors. And it's just as easy to correct them, when you know how. The first step in a ...