Figure 05: Functions of models: input - processing - output
Categorization by functions of models and
cognate words in eight fields
Models are material, graphic or mental
instruments (tool, aid, mediator, medium) of/ for:
„input“
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„processing“
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„output“
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gain knowledge
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organize knowledge
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spread knowledge
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Imitate objects
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amend objects
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express ideas
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use objects
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organize things
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present products
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delight oneself
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entertain people
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befool people
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practice
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record events
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multiply objects
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follow rules
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remember events
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guide procedures
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realize drafts
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apply devices or procedures
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shape things
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orientate oneself
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train
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forecast
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„Input“
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„Processing“
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„Output“
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gain knowledge, insight and
understanding
study
phenomena or objects
experimental
models,
simulation models
heuristic
models,
exploratory
models
explanatory
models,
theoretic
models
explore
possibilities
predictive
models
anticipatory
models
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organize knowledge
categories,
taxonomies
order, compare
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spread knowledge, instruction
worlds of learning
demonstration
models, illustration models
informative
models, instructive models
didactic models, training models
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imitation
imitate
objects
imitate
behavior
imitate idols
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amend,
revise
amend objects
amend theories
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expression,
presentation, propaganda
expression of
ideas, belifs
expression of
sentiments, dreams
develop
alternatives
draft plans,
objects
argumentative
framework
gain funding
win public
support
patent application
demonstrate
devotion
display
products
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use
prostheses
dummies
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organize things
taxonomy
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present products
Fashion model
Decorative model
presentation of samples, specimen
presentation of clothes, shoes,
hairstyles
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delight,
enjoy
art
play, show
game
playground
ornament
garnish, trim
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entertain
Literature
Theatre
movies
act
plot
fiction
media
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befool,
bluff, cheat
create other
worlds
small scale
models in movies
replica
scenery,
trompe l’oeuil
„life at
second hand“
Illusion
„virtual
reality“
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practice,
exercise, learn
gain
accomplishments, skills
train
faculties
learn
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record,
preserve
collect
register,
record
preserve
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multiplying
multiply
extraordinary objects
multiplying standardised objects
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follow,
carry out
rules
schemata
pattern
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remember
events
persons
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guiding,
ruling
orientation
guidelines
prescriptions,
procedures
regulate
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realize drafts
architecture
engineering
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application, practice, operation
control of
technical or industrial processes
precise
measuring and constructing
indication
test,
variation and optimization
verification,
validation
decision
making, planning
projecting,
engineering, construction
prognostication
control of
behavior
intervention
move
handicraft
magical
rituals
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shape,
form, transform
moulds for
cast
patterns for
shaping institutions, structures
patterns for
shaping objects, products
fashioning into a particular character
modulation
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orientate oneself
maps
signs
pictograms
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train
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forecast
processes
behavoir
results (of polls)
costs
amount of resources
weather
movements of celestial objects
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