Putting concepts and data together again

Franck Varenne (1, 2)

1 ERIAC - Équipe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Aires Culturelles
2 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

Data do not belong to predictive analytics only. Neither do concepts belong to theoretical modeling only. This talk will explore and question the changing relationships between data and concepts in models today, especially in the case of multiscale models. It will show that there are different types of integrative models, and that some are new. These new integrative models take their part in a cycling methodology of modeling where measures, estimations, reconstructions, simulations, concept-driven models and mathematics interact and take their part too.

Keywords: Concept-driven models; Data-driven models; Multiscale models; Integrative models; Philosophy of science

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Modeling and Simulation; Humanities and Social Sciences; Philosophy; Humanities and Social Sciences; History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Development Biology

Franck Varenne. Putting concepts and data together again: on some new integrative models in the era of big data. Complex Systems Digital Campus ’15 – World e-Conference - From Molecules to Organisms and Ecosystems, Paul Bourgine; Nadine Peyriéras, Sep 2015, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03399015⟩