Simplicity versus complexity

Chris Paola and Mike Leeder
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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

Nature, 2011, vol. 469, issue 7328, 38-39

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.

Date: 2011
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