Open AccessViewpoints on modelling: Comments on "Achilles and the tortoise: Some caveats to mathematical modelling in biology"
Author(s) -
Jinzhi Lei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mathematics in applied sciences and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-1926
DOI - 10.5206/mase/10267
Subject(s) - viewpoints , confusion , management science , epistemology , computer science , engineering ethics , data science , psychology , philosophy , engineering , physics , acoustics , psychoanalysis
Mathematical modelling has been proven to be useful in understanding some problems from biological science, provided that it is used properly. However, it has also attracted some criticisms as partially presented in a recent opinion article \cite{Gilbert2018} from biological community. This note intends to clarify some confusion and misunderstanding in regard to mathematically modelling by commenting on those critiques raised in \cite{Gilbert2018}, with a hope of initiating some further discussion so that both applied mathematicians and biologist can better use mathematical modelling and better understand the results from modelling.