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I will introduce an analytic framework that conceptualizes the evaluation of vertical chaotic models as consisting of three steps: the determination of the chaotic conditional to be transferred from a model to a target system; the determination of the existence of chaos in the target system; and the evaluation of model faithfulness. Each step will be discussed in detail. I will also discuss the evaluation and investigative role of horizontal chaotic models.
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Zuchowski, L.C. (2017). Evaluation of Chaotic Models. In: A Philosophical Analysis of Chaos Theory. New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54663-6_4
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