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A model captures the essential features of something without actually being the thing itself. Some models capture the shape and proportion of a physical object, but at a different scale and without the functionality. An example is a plastic model of a jet airliner. Some of these models are used as toys, but others are used to study air flows using a wind tunnel. When creating the model, some details have to be carefully reconstructed and others can be ignored entirely.
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Voß, S., Woodruff, D.L. (2003). Optimization Modeling. In: Introduction to Computational Optimization Models for Production Planning in a Supply Chain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24764-7_2
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