Scientific models as "works"

Coleman, Anita Sundaram (2003) Scientific models as "works".

Abstract

This 19 slide presentation at ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2003, Long Beach, California discusses how scientific models may be considered as "works" for information retrieval purposes. Bibliographic relationships are used to determine the physical components (the ideational content as instantiations) and faceted conceptual relationships to identify the semantic content of scientific models. Water Quality models with progenitors such as Street and Phelps are briefly discussed. Future research directions include examining the boundaries of models and investigating displays for scientific model learning and use.