[FRIAM] complexity and emergence

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Glen E. P. Ropella wrote:
> R1: co-simulation of 3 models:
>     M1: a synthetic model,
>     M2: a reference/pedigreed model, and
>     M3: a data model
> Each model type has its flaws (the shape of the
> "box", what's left out, bugs or artifacts within, etc.); but, requiring
> that they are fundamentally different types of models _forces_ the
> modeler to explore the stuff outside each of the three boxes.
It's stretching it to say this is triangulation and it is stretching it 
to say they are fundamentally different.   That being said, it's hard to 
see any alternative.