model theory

noun

1. the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems

Derived Forms

• ˈmodel-ˌtheoˈretic, adjective

Example Sentences

The team was looking for differences smaller than 1%, which required a thorough understanding of the apparatus and detection system, paired with a newly developed first-principle approach using "Symmetry-Adapted No-Core Shell Model theory" to account for a number of small effects that arise from the complicated environment of the nucleus.

From Science Daily

Here goes: The mass media serve a bamboozling role on behalf of a powerful, controlling elite in the “propaganda model” theory given by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky in their 1988 book “Manufacturing Consent.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The role model theory allows the Board to engage in discriminatory hiring and layoff practices long past the point required by any legitimate remedial purpose,” Powell wrote in his opinion.

From New York Times

The most intriguing result for the researchers supported the mental model theory: these students’ improvements in verbal reasoning tracked with their improvements on the spatial tests, which suggests that where spatial thinking sharpened, so did verbal reasoning.

From Scientific American

They based this prediction on a concept known as the “mental model theory,” which posits that human verbal reasoning abilities arose from brain areas that primates use for understanding their spatial environment.

From Scientific American