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<blockquote>''(1) A model that describes things as they are.'' (Turban, et al 2010) </blockquote>
  
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<blockquote>''(2) That depicts or describes how things actually work, and answers the question, "What is this?"'' (BusinessDictionary 2012) </blockquote>
  
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(1) Turban, E., R. Sharda, and D. Delen. 2010. ''Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems'', 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall.  
  
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(2) BusinessDictionary.com. 2012. s.v. "Descriptive Model." http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/descriptive-model.html (accessed: September 12, 2012).
  
 
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Typical descriptive models may include those that describe the functional or physical architecture of a system, or the three dimensional geometric representation of a system.  
  
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 15 October 2021

(1) A model that describes things as they are. (Turban, et al 2010)

(2) That depicts or describes how things actually work, and answers the question, "What is this?" (BusinessDictionary 2012)

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(1) Turban, E., R. Sharda, and D. Delen. 2010. Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems, 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall.

(2) BusinessDictionary.com. 2012. s.v. "Descriptive Model." http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/descriptive-model.html (accessed: September 12, 2012).

Discussion

Typical descriptive models may include those that describe the functional or physical architecture of a system, or the three dimensional geometric representation of a system.

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