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Modeling is a basic tool of the human mind that provides us with the ability to create abstract versions of the world, or part of it. These abstract versions can embody a convenient, simplified representation of a situation, object, and so forth and can be used to find a solution to a given problem. Modeling involves imagination and creativity; it underlies our capacity to communicate, generalize, and express meaning or patterns in an intelligent manner.
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Pérez Castaño, A. (2018). Simulation. In: Practical Artificial Intelligence. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3357-3_8
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