Models and simulations in material science: two cases without error bars

Sylvia Wenmackers; Danny E. P. Vanpoucke

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9574.2011.00519.x

Models and simulations in material science: two cases without error bars

Sylvia Wenmackers^*, Danny E. P. Vanpoucke

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Abstract

We discuss two research projects in material science in which the results cannot be stated with an estimation of the error: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study aimed at determining the orientation of DNA molecules on diamond and a scanning tunneling microscopy study of platinum-induced nanowires on germanium. To investigate the reliability of the results, we apply ideas from the philosophy of models in science. Even if the studies had reported an error value, the trustworthiness of the result would not depend on that value alone.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-355
Number of pages	17
Journal	Statistica Neerlandica
Volume	66
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9574.2011.00519.x
Publication status	Published - Aug-2012

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empirical models
scientific models
philosophy of science
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