Source: Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models, 1997, p. 314
“The problem is that there is no alternative to models. We all think in simplified models, all the time. The sophisticated thing to do is not to pretend to stop, but to be self-conscious — to be aware that your models are maps rather than reality.”
Source: Development, Geography, and Economic Theory (1995), Ch. 3. Models and Metaphors
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“Your problem is your role models were models.”
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Source: 1960s, Scientific method: optimizing applied research decisions, 1962, p. 108 as cited in: Joe H. Ward, Earl Jennings (1973) Introduction to linear models. p. 4.
Source: Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach (1992), p. 185: cited in: " Object Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach Ivar Jacobson, et al. (1992) http://tedfelix.com/software/jacobson1992.html", Book review by Ted Felix on tedfelix.com, 2006.
“All models are wrong; some models are useful.”
For instance in George E. P. Box, William Hunter and Stuart Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters, second edition, 2005, page 440. See "All models are wrong".
“The world you perceive is drastically simplified model of the real world.”
Source: 1940s-1950s, Administrative Behavior, 1947, p. xxvi.