Modelling: misuses, mistakes and misconceptions

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27 November 2015

In the last issue we covered a new report by Yaron Hollander, a former Transport for London modelling manager, looking at ten misuses of transport models. Here we present responses from within the modelling community...

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Modelling: misuses, mistakes and misconceptions

Are models misused, or misinterpreted?

Don’t blame modellers

Modelling and appraisal are distorting policy choices

Put the maths aside, we need to get back to basics

Let’s talk about the uses and the misuses of models

Models should make policy-making honest

Extracts from the financial modellers’ manifesto

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Modelling: misuses, mistakes and misconceptions