Modelling has been at the front and centre of the UK government’s coronavirus response. The past few weeks has seen mainstream media outlets bombarding the general public with constant news about different models developed by various research groups – and the diversity of scenarios and projections these models produce based on the underlying data and assumptions.
Dr Timea Nochta has written a short opinion piece on data, modelling and future-scoping and this can be found online on the Trust & Technology Initiative's website.
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