Common sense in model testing

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2804-2809

  Huth, N ^a   Holzworth, D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Modelling; Testing; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; APSIM; COMMON SENSE; COMPLEX SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EMERGENT BEHAVIOURS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPHICAL COMPARISON; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; KEY PROCESS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL RELIABILITY; MODEL RESPONSE; MODEL TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING SYSTEMS; MODELLING; OBSERVED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT QUALITY; REAL WORLD SITUATIONS; RESOURCE USE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMALLEST UNIT; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SYSTEM TEST; TESTING METHOD; TESTING PROCEDURE; TESTING PROCESS; UNIT TESTS; VALIDATION; VALIDATION TEST; WHEAT CROPPING; TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS; TRADITIONAL MODELS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; FORMAL METHODS; RATING; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING; VERIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE QUALITY; WELL TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ACCEPTANCE TESTS;

EID: 77951933813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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