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Comment by guscost

As a general rule, we shouldn't take seriously any computer models for which the source code is not available.

There is no valid reason why this should not already be a universal practice. If you are looking at any paper which cites the output of a custom-built computer program but omits the source code, it's probably safe to assume that the program is a mess and therefore the conclusions are not (yet) robust.

parent guscost 12 years ago

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