Modelling: misuses, mistakes and misconceptions

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...

Are models misused, or misinterpreted?

Tom Van Vuren, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald

Don’t blame modellers

Keith Buchan, Director, TPS

Modelling and appraisal are distorting policy choices

John Elliot, Vice Chair Of The National Transport Committee, TAG

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

Rob Bain, Founder Of RBconsult

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

Tim Gent, Technical Director, Atkins

Models should make policy-making honest

Professor John Polak

Extracts from the financial modellers’ manifesto

Emanuel Derman And Paul Wilmott

12 Linked Articles:

Modellers: don’t risk blindness, abide by 1980s mantra 11 Dec 2015
Fixing transport modelling won’t be an inside job 11 Dec 2015
Report on modelling misuses provokes diverse viewpoints 27 Nov 2015
Extracts from the financial modellers’ manifesto 27 Nov 2015
Forget complexity, models should be simple 27 Nov 2015
Are models misused, or misinterpreted? 27 Nov 2015
Don’t blame modellers 27 Nov 2015
Modelling and appraisal are distorting policy choices 27 Nov 2015
Put the maths aside, we need to get back to basics 27 Nov 2015
Let’s talk about the uses and the misuses of models 27 Nov 2015
Models should make policy-making honest 27 Nov 2015
Can anyone save us from the misuses of transport modelling? 13 Nov 2015

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Modelling: misuses, mistakes and misconceptions