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model
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[data models]
An abstraction of reality used to represent objects, processes, or events. -
[modeling]
A set of rules and procedures for representing a phenomenon or predicting an outcome. -
[data models]
A data representation of reality, such as the vector data model. -
[ESRI software]
In geoprocessing in ArcGIS, one process or a sequence of processes connected together, that is created in ModelBuilder.
