The Robust Volterra Principle.
Theorizing in ecology and evolution often proceeds via the construction of multiple idealized models. To determine whether a theoretical result actually depends on core features of the models and is not an artifact of simplifying assumptions, theorists have developed the technique of robustness anal...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 106 - 132 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jan2008
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