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Model

A model is a simplified, formal representation of a system, process, or phenomenon, constructed to describe its behaviour, test hypotheses, and predict outcomes under specified conditions. Models range from conceptual and statistical to mathematical and computational, and they are valued for making complex systems t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 32× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2643-2811 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

A model is a simplified, formal representation of a system, process, or phenomenon, constructed to describe its behaviour, test hypotheses, and predict outcomes under specified conditions. Models range from conceptual and statistical to mathematical and computational, and they are valued for making complex systems tractable, enabling analysis where direct experimentation is impractical. The studies gathered here are predominantly quantitative and illustrate the breadth of modelling. Epidemiological and infectious-disease models feature prominently, including modified SEIR formulations applied to COVID-19 across countries, seasonal ARIMA prediction, mathematical modelling of typhoid transmission dynamics and intervention impact, and general approaches to modelling pandemics. Optimisation and operational models appear in fuzzy-logic inventory modelling compared with Lagrangian and Kuhn-Tucker methods and in models for identifying actionable clinical findings, while data-driven prediction is represented by artificial neural networks for rainfall analysis and genetic-algorithm approaches to estimating subsurface features. Modelling also extends to organisational and physiological systems, including dynamic leadership modelling, representation of work environments, and new models of body composition. Together these works express the defining role of models in research: to abstract the essential structure of a system into a representation that can be analysed, validated against data, and used to explain mechanisms and forecast behaviour, thereby bridging theory and observation across the natural, health, and social sciences.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 32 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Model Based Research (ISSN 2643-2811).

Journal editorial board
Yoshiaki Kikuchi · Japan Yung-Yao Chen · Taiwan Yang Chen · United States

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