The Basic Science Loop

The basic ``science loop'' consists of the following steps:

1. Observations
2. Model construction
3. Comparison of simulated observations to real-world observations
4. Model refinement
5. Go to step 3

A successful model will accurately predict the outcome of any experiment given the same input conditions and initial state.

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About the Author: Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.