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Simplicity versus complexity

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  • Chris Paola

    (St Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA. cpaola@umn.edu)

  • Mike Leeder

    (Mike Leeder is in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. m.leeder@uea.ac.uk)

Abstract

Many scientists now use the power of computer models to advance their subjects. But there is a choice: to simplify complex systems or to include more detail. Modelling the intricate processes of sedimentary geology is a case in point.

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  • Chris Paola & Mike Leeder, 2011. "Simplicity versus complexity," Nature, Nature, vol. 469(7328), pages 38-39, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:469:y:2011:i:7328:d:10.1038_469038a
    DOI: 10.1038/469038a
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    1. Bouchra Zellou & Hassane Rahali, 2017. "Assessment of reduced-complexity landscape evolution model suitability to adequately simulate flood events in complex flow conditions," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 86(1), pages 1-29, March.

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