Models and simulations in material science: two cases without error bars

被引：4

作者：

Wenmackers, Sylvia ^{[1
]}

Vanpoucke, Danny E. P. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Groningen, Fac Philosophy, NL-9712 GL Groningen, Netherlands

[2] Univ Ghent, Dept Inorgan & Phys Chem, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

STATISTICA NEERLANDICA | 2012年 / 66卷 / 03期

关键词：

empirical models; scientific models; philosophy of science;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-9574.2011.00519.x

中图分类号：

O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];

学科分类号：

020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;

摘要：

We discuss two research projects in material science in which the results cannot be stated with an estimation of the error: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study aimed at determining the orientation of DNA molecules on diamond and a scanning tunneling microscopy study of platinum-induced nanowires on germanium. To investigate the reliability of the results, we apply ideas from the philosophy of models in science. Even if the studies had reported an error value, the trustworthiness of the result would not depend on that value alone.

引用

页码：339 / 355

页数：17

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