Viewpoints on modelling: Comments on "Achilles and the tortoise: Some caveats to mathematical modelling in biology"

Mathematical modelling has been proven to be useful in understanding some problems from biological science, provided that it is used properly. However, it has also attracted some criticisms as partially presented in a recent  opinion article \cite{Gilbert2018} from biological community. This note in...

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Main Author: Jinzhi Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Libraries 2020-02-01
Series:Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering
Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/mase/article/view/10267
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Summary:Mathematical modelling has been proven to be useful in understanding some problems from biological science, provided that it is used properly. However, it has also attracted some criticisms as partially presented in a recent  opinion article \cite{Gilbert2018} from biological community. This note intends to clarify some confusion and misunderstanding in regard to mathematically modelling by commenting on those critiques raised in \cite{Gilbert2018}, with a hope of initiating some further discussion so that both applied mathematicians and biologist can better use mathematical modelling and better understand the results from modelling.
ISSN:2563-1926