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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From 18-29 May 2015 we will organize the postgraduate course &#8216;The Art of Modelling&#8217; at Wageningen University.
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<p class="style2" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">This course provides an introduction to modelling, and will provide all the basic modelling concepts and steps to develop and use a model. The main themes are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Modelling concepts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Model design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Model use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Calibration and validation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sensitivity and uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Linearity and complexity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Reporting on model studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The target group is PhD students, post-docs and academic staff in agronomy, ecology and environmental sciences. The course is open for participants outside Wageningen, so
 if you are interested, please find more information on <a href="http://www.pe-rc.nl">
www.pe-rc.nl</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kind regards, Pytrik Reidsma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. Pytrik Reidsma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel:&nbsp; &#43;31 (0)317-485578, Fax:&nbsp; &#43;31 (0)317-484892<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:pytrik.reidsma@wur.nl"><span style="color:blue">pytrik.reidsma@wur.nl</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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