@article{753618,
      author = {Ippoliti, Emiliano, and Sterpetti, Fabio, and Nickles,  Thomas,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/753618},
      title = {Models and inferences in science [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      abstract = {The book answers long-standing questions on scientific  modeling and inference across multiple perspectives and  disciplines, including logic, mathematics, physics and  medicine. The different chapters cover a variety of issues,  such as the role models play in scientific practice; the  way science shapes our concept of models; ways of modeling  the pursuit of scientific knowledge; the relationship  between our concept of models and our concept of science.  The book also discusses models and scientific explanations;  models in the semantic view of theories; the applicability  of mathematical models to the real world and their  effectiveness; the links between models and inferences; and  models as a means for acquiring new knowledge. It analyzes  different examples of models in physics, biology,  mathematics and engineering. Written for researchers and  graduate students, it provides a cross-disciplinary  reference guide to the notion and the use of models and  inferences in science.},
      recid = {753618},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      address = {Switzerland :},
      year = {2016},
}