empirical model-building
1Building Energy Simulation Test — The Building Energy Simulation Test ( BESTEST ) is a project is a project developed by the International Energy Agency for practical implementation procedure and data for an overall IEA validation methodology which has been under development by… …
2Macroeconomic model — A macroeconomic model is an analytical tool designed to describe the operation of the economy of a country or a region. These models are usually designed to examine the dynamics of aggregate quantities such as the total amount of goods and… …
3Biopsychosocial model — The biopsychosocial model (abbreviated BPS ) is a general model or approach that posits that biological, psychological (which entails thoughts, emotions, and behaviors), and social factors, all play a significant role in human functioning in the… …
4Economic model — A diagram of the IS/LM model In economics, a model is a theoretical construct that represents economic processes by a set of variables and a set of logical and/or quantitative relationships between them. The economic model is a simplified… …
5Mathematical model — Not to be confused with the same term that is used in model theory, a branch of mathematical logic. An artifact that is used to illustrate a mathematical idea may also be called a mathematical model, the usage of which is the reverse of the sense …
6Conceptual model — For other uses, see Model (disambiguation). In the most general sense, a model is anything used in any way to represent anything else. Some models are physical objects, for instance, a toy model which may be assembled, and may even be made to… …
7Mahalanobis model — The Mahalanobis model is a model of economic development, created by Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953. Mahalanobis became essentially the key economist of India s Second Five Year Plan, becoming subject to much of India s… …
8Stage–gate model — A stage–gate model, also referred to as a phase–gate process, is a project management technique in which an initiative or project (e.g., new product development, process improvement, business change) is divided into stages (or phases) separated… …
9Capital asset pricing model — In finance, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to determine a theoretically appropriate required rate of return of an asset, if that asset is to be added to an already well diversified portfolio, given that asset s non diversifiable… …
10ITU Model for Indoor Attenuation — The ITU Indoor Propagation Model, also known as ITU Model for Indoor Attenuation , is a radio propagation model that estimates the path loss inside a room or a closed area inside a building delimited by walls of any form. Suitable for appliances… …
