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Science &Technology Review (September 2022)

Storar, S.·Chen, A.·Parker, A.·Jaffe, E.
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Computer modeling is essential to scientific research. Models simulate natural phenomena to aid scientists in understanding their underlying principles. While the most complex models running on supercomputers may contain millions of lines of code and generate billions of data points, models never simulate reality perfectly. Experiments—in contrast—have been fundamental to the study of natural phenomena from science’s earliest days. However, some of today’s complex experiments generate too much data for the human mind to interpret.

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Storar, S., Chen, A., Parker, A., Jaffe, E.. 2022-09-01. Science &Technology Review (September 2022). https://doi.org/10.2172/2263534

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