scientific model
scientific representation aiming to understand, define, quantify, visualize, or simulate the world
toy model
deliberately simplistic model with many details removed so that it can be used to explain a mechanism concisely, also useful in a description of the fuller model
Nearly free electron model
physical model of solid metals as electron gases
ice-sheet model
simulation of ice sheet change
chemical bonding model
theoretical model used to explain atomic bonding structure, molecular geometry, properties, and reactivity of physical matter
Chemical transport model
type of computer numerical model
frictionless plane
simple kinematic model of an object on a ramp under gravity
punctuated gradualism
model of evolution
Standard Project Hurricane
model used to determine hurricane protection system
inherent bad faith model
theory in political psychology
Quantum no-singularity theorem
math derived from the Raychaudhuri equation, that quantifies the geometric flow
Wells-Riley model
model of airborne disease transmission
ideal gas
theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles whose only interactions are perfectly elastic collisions
channel
model for interprocess communication and synchronization via message passing
Modular Ocean Model
ocean circulation model
niche apportionment models
biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions
Normalization model
used in visual neuroscience
Bargaining Model of War
transactional view of violent conflict in international relations theory
aerial photograph interpretation
method of viewing geological details from aerial images
genome
entirety of an organism's hereditary information; genome of organism (encoded by the genomic DNA) is the (biological) information of heredity which is passed from one generation of organism to the next; is transcribed to produce various RNAs
black body
idealized physical body that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation
groundwater model
type of scientific model
atom model
type of model in chemistry
Tight binding
model of electronic band structures of solids
X-bar theory
in generative grammar, the theory of syntactic category formation that ① phrases may contain intermediate constituents projected from a head X; and that ② this system of projected constituency may be common to more than one category (e.g. N, V, A, P)
Solar System model
model to illustrate the positions and motions of bodies in the Solar System
coalescent theory
model for tracing the history of genetic variation
Ogden material model
hyperelastic material mode
transistor model
simulation of physical processes taking place in an electronic device
Unified Model
global numerical weather prediction model
feature geometry
phonological theory which represents distinctive features as a structured hierarchy rather than a matrix or a set
neutrino minimal standard model
an extension of the Standard Model of particle physics by the addition of three right-handed neutrinos with masses smaller than the electroweak scale
microscopic traffic flow model
class of scientific model of vehicular traffic dynamics
Jiles-Atherton model
model of magnetic hysteresis
Wilson cycle
geophysical model of the opening and closing of rifts
Vertically Generalized Production Model
primary Production calculation model
Standard Model
theory of particle physics based on Yang–Mills theory with gauge group SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) and spontaneous symmetry breaking
molecular modelling
discovering chemical properties by physical simulations
mathematical model
description of a system using mathematical concepts and language
quantum harmonic oscillator
quantum mechanical model of a particle in a harmonic potential well
linear combination of atomic orbitals
technique in quantum chemistry
Earth's energy budget
accounting of the energy flows which determine Earth's surface temperature and drive its climate
leadership continuum
contingency model of leadership contingent on power distribution and execution
hydrological model
simplification of a real-world system that aids in understanding, predicting, and managing water resources
personality model
scientific model describing personality types
Psychological continuum model
framework to classify sport and event consumers, in order of their psychological connection towards the object
Fisher's principle
evolutionary model that explains the sex ratio