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The merits of transparent models

The merits of transparent models
The merits of transparent models
Models offer many services, of which ‘intermediate services’ are often neglected but nevertheless, we will argue, very useful for Operational Research. Examples of intermediate services of models are to provide insights, platforms for further discussion, and coherent stories, all of which allow practical and theoretical work to accumulate and continue. We argue that models which are transparent are more likely to deliver useful intermediate services than models which appear to be black boxes to practitioners or academics. The argument entails two points: (1) a definition of model transparency in behavioral sciences such as economics and psychology and its adjustment for Operational Research and (2) a discussion of some particular applications of behavioral models in Operational Research, which reveals the merits of transparency.
261-275
Palgrave Macmillan Cham
Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V.
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White, Leroy
Kunc, Martin
Burger, Katharina
Malpass, Jonathan
Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V.
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White, Leroy
Kunc, Martin
Burger, Katharina
Malpass, Jonathan

Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V. (2019) The merits of transparent models. In, White, Leroy, Kunc, Martin, Burger, Katharina and Malpass, Jonathan (eds.) Behavioral Operational Research: A Capabilities Approach. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 261-275. (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25405-6_14).

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Abstract

Models offer many services, of which ‘intermediate services’ are often neglected but nevertheless, we will argue, very useful for Operational Research. Examples of intermediate services of models are to provide insights, platforms for further discussion, and coherent stories, all of which allow practical and theoretical work to accumulate and continue. We argue that models which are transparent are more likely to deliver useful intermediate services than models which appear to be black boxes to practitioners or academics. The argument entails two points: (1) a definition of model transparency in behavioral sciences such as economics and psychology and its adjustment for Operational Research and (2) a discussion of some particular applications of behavioral models in Operational Research, which reveals the merits of transparency.

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Published date: 25 October 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 441293
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441293
PURE UUID: 05b60c13-c24e-4300-b85d-94ff0d88c830
ORCID for Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-1980

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:44

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Editor: Leroy White
Editor: Martin Kunc
Editor: Katharina Burger
Editor: Jonathan Malpass

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