John Henry Holland Quote

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is guided by taste, elegance, and metaphor; it is a matter of induction, rather than deduction. High science depends on this art.


p. 146 - Hidden Order - How Adaptation Builds Complexity (1995) - Ch 4. Simulating Echo


Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is...

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is...

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is...

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is...