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Strategic model reduction by analysing model sloppiness: a case study in coral calcification

04/12/2022
by   Sarah A. Vollert, et al.
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It can be difficult to identify ways to reduce the complexity of large models whilst maintaining predictive power, particularly where there are hidden parameter interdependencies. Here, we demonstrate that the analysis of model sloppiness can be a new invaluable tool for strategically simplifying complex models. Such an analysis identifies parameter combinations which strongly and/or weakly inform model behaviours, yet the approach has not previously been used to inform model reduction. Using a case study on a coral calcification model calibrated to experimental data, we show how the analysis of model sloppiness can strategically inform model simplifications which maintain predictive power. Additionally, when comparing various approaches to analysing sloppiness, we find that Bayesian methods can be advantageous when unambiguous identification of the best-fit model parameters is a challenge for standard optimisation procedures.

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