Computer Experiments and Statistics
Computer experiments can be seen a branch of applied statistics, because the user must account for three sources of uncertainty. First, the models often contain parameters whose values are not certain; second, the models themselves are imperfect representations of the underlying system; and third, data collected from the system that might be used to calibrate the models are imperfectly measured. However, most practitioners of computer experiments do not see themselves as statisticians.
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