Empirical modelling

Empirical modelling

Empirical modelling refers to any kind of (computer) modelling based on empirical observations rather than on mathematically describable relationsships of the system modelled.

EM

Empirical Modelling (EM), spelt with capitals to denote a particular approach and to distinguish it from the general term explained above, is a novel approach to computer-based modelling that developed from research initiated in the early 1980s by Meurig Beynon of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, England.Early research within the group led to the development of a new language called Eden - an Evaluator for Definitive Notations. The first implementation of Eden was by Edward Yung in 1987 and a number of contributors have been leading the development of this tool ever since.

The approach of modelling offered by Empirical Modelling (or EM as it is often known) centres on the concepts of Observation, Dependency and Agency. The importance of dependency has been particularly well researched with a number of software tools being developed that exploit dependency maintenance as a native concept.

EM software

The EM project has developed various software tools to support the modelling activity. Currently, the main tool is [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/research/em/software/eden/ tkeden] an implementation of Eden written in C and tcl/tk.

External links

* [http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/modelling/ Empirical Modelling Research Group]


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