The point of a model is not to replicate real-world phenomena; it is to identify which inputs are most important in producing a given output. The simplest functional model tells us what are the necessary and sufficient inputs to achieve the output we are interested in. This, in turn, tells us where we should focus our attention in real life — which input changes will have greatest effect on the output and which are peripheral.
Procedural Models of Political Order
Procedural Models of Political Order
Procedural Models of Political Order
The point of a model is not to replicate real-world phenomena; it is to identify which inputs are most important in producing a given output. The simplest functional model tells us what are the necessary and sufficient inputs to achieve the output we are interested in. This, in turn, tells us where we should focus our attention in real life — which input changes will have greatest effect on the output and which are peripheral.