The Web of Mathematical Models: A Schema-based, Wiki-like, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Web of Mathematical Models: A Schema-based, Wiki-like, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Web of Mathematical Models: A Schema-based, Wiki-like, Interactive Platform Thomas Grundmann, Jean-Marie Gaillourdet, Karsten Schmidt, Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter, Stefan Deloch and Martin Memmel MathWikis, Nijmegen, 2011 Outline
Outline
- Introduction
– Motivation – Definition of Model – Goals / Vision for the “Web of Models”
- Current State
– Demonstration – Architecture – XModel Schema
- Outlook
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Introduction
What is a Model?
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A mathematical model is “a representation
- f the essential aspects of an existing
system (or a system to be constructed) which presents knowledge of that system in usable form”. Pieter Eykhoff (1974)
What is a Model?
- Descriptive models
– Explain aspects of existing systems – Physical, sociological, or economical systems
- Constructive models
– Describe systems to be constructed as part of
engineering tasks or processes
- Abstract models
– Model a certain class of phenomena – Not (yet) applied to a specific system
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Goals and Vision
- Repository of mathematical models
– Well-structured representation – Formally defined – Visualizations – model-specifc simulations – Searchable (by categories, keyword, etc.) – Accessible and editable via the Web – Composition of models
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Goals and Vision
- Support for
– Interactive creation, publishing and
maintaining of models
– Building a community – Quality evaluation of models
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Current State
Architecture
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The XModel Schema
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XModel: formal description
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XModel: simulation
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XModel: metadata
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XModel: Processing chain
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Outlook
Outlook
- Going online in Oktober 2011
- Building a user community
– Increase the number of models
- Improve the platform
– Better integration of simulations – Supporting external simulations
- Long term goal:
– Composition of models
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