Open AccessQuantitative Systems Pharmacology and Empirical Models: Friends or Foes?
Author(s) -
Benson Neil
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cpt: pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2163-8306
DOI - 10.1002/psp4.12375
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , management science , pharmaceutical industry , data science , operations research , engineering , business , medicine , pharmacology , biology , paleontology
Recently, it has been proposed that more complex models should routinely be compared to empirical or simpler models; often simple models can predict specific emergent properties of complex systems as well as more complex models, hence questioning the added value of the latter. This perspective discusses this important point in the context of the purpose of modelling. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.