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Conceptual Models and Computer Models

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Upon recording processes of nature quantita-tively, the term model is closely related to the term system. A system is a segment derived from nature with either real or, at least, imagined boundaries. Within these boundaries, there are processes which are to be analyzed. Outside, there is the environment exerting an influence on the course of the procedural events which are in¬ternal to the system by means of the boundary conditions. A conceptual model contains prin¬ciple statements, mostly translatable quantita-tively, with regard to the processes in a system and the influence of prevalent boundary condi¬tions. If the systems to be reproduced are espe¬cially complex, any significant realization of the conceptual model is often only possible by apply¬ing computer models.

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Schulz, H.D. (2000). Conceptual Models and Computer Models. In: Schulz, H.D., Zabel, M. (eds) Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04242-7_14

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