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Reflections on Abstractions: Subsumptions and Omissions

Posted on 2014 February 20 by modelpractice

In addition to the recent posting ‘Abstractive and Functional Mappings’ we provide a simple visualisation of subsuming and omitting abstractions. Continue reading →

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Reflections on Abstractions: Abstractive vs Functional Mappings

Posted on 2014 February 1 by modelpractice

We introduce the concepts of subsuming and omitting mappings, and see how they are better suited for abstraction and modelling than the classical mathematical concept of functions. Continue reading →

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