Ideally, also, each modeler will bring a different set of biases and expectations into the mix.

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The modeler in question became the highest-paid employee in its history, and he cost it 1.4 billion Swiss francs.

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One such product: "Ray Modeler, " a tube that creates a 360-degree 3-D image.

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Adding model diversity always improves the quality of models, and adding modeler diversity improves the quality of the modeling effort!

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"It can have a massive impact, " says Moffitt cancer modeler Alexander Anderson.

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By demonstrating the shortcomings of an actual model the modeler and readers are defining the value proposition of gathering additional data and further refinement of the model.

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With a software tool called Commerce Modeler, content creators can, for example, permit users to get discounts for a song if they also buy tickets to a particular concert.

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He sums up his key points about how to keep models from going bad by quoting excerpts from his "Financial Modeler's Manifesto" (written with Paul Wilmott), a paper he published a couple of years ago.

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Of course, if you're an experienced 3D modeler, you've got a lot more leeway -- in fact, you can, as promised, print pretty much anything your heart desires (within the material and spatial limits, naturally).

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