Computational modelling is erasing the boundary between theory and experiment
Evidence
Recently, in this age of computers being applied everywhere, the three approaches of experimentation, modelling, and theory formation have started to merge and integrate. Experiments are often carried out using computational models before the final validation against practice. The difference between theory and computational models is also becoming less distinctive, since advanced computer models, including artificial intelligence and logic programming, may enable high-level theoretical inference. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 104
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Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how communication acoustics methods are evolving — computation-first workflows mirror the broader computational turn in engineering and science.
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