}What is a model?
}Captures salient features (data,
behavior) of thing/phenomenon being modeled
}data
includes geometry, appearance, attributes…
}note
similarity to OOP ideas
}Real: some geometry inherent
}physical
(e.g., actual object such as a chair)
}non-physical
(e.g., mathematical function, weather data)
}Abstract: no inherent geometry, but for
visualization
}organizational
(e.g., company org. chart)
}quantitative
(e.g., graph of stock market)
Geometric
Modeling
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