Mental Models to Virtual: Communicating Complex Ideas
1. Mental Models: Idea to UN -Reality - Or - Challenges in T ranslating M ental M odels into V irtual O nes : D escribing W hat's in Y our H ead
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15. How can we achieve a shared understanding of a model? Comparing Conceptual Structures Terminology Attributes Same Different Same Different Consensus Experts use terminology and concepts in the same way Correspondence Experts use different terminology for the same concepts Conflict Experts use same terminology for different concepts. Contrast Experts use different terminology and different concepts Shaw, M.L.G. & Gaines, B. (1989)
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27. So why have we not come up with a solution in 60 + years? Wicked Problem Creating a Virtual Representation of a Mental Model is a:
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29. Why such interest Now? If we’ve been doing modeling & simulation since the 40’s….