The phrase "a minimal model of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a simplified representation or framework of a concept, system, or phenomenon.
Example: "In our research, we developed a minimal model of the ecosystem to better understand the interactions between species."
Alternatives: "a simplified representation of" or "a basic framework for".
I think it's important to teach the IS-LM model as a starting point, because done right, it makes it clear that what we're basically doing is the minimal model that has goods, bonds, and money — that there is nothing arbitrary about the whole thing, that this is basically what you have to do if you want a minimal model of the things that matter for short-run macro.
Therefore, a minimal model of disk brake squeal must contain at least two degrees of freedom.
An algorithmic schema, called the Generalized Elimination Algorithm (GEA) is presented, that computes a minimal model of any positive CNF.
The schema generalizes the Elimination Algorithm (EA) [5], which computes a minimal model of positive head-cycle-free (HCF CNFF theories.
The Fermi-Hubbard Hamiltonian, a minimal model of interacting electrons in materials, is of significant interest to the AQS community since it is thought that understanding emergent properties of this model could explain some high-(T_{c}) superconducting materials [25].
Within this general framework, and using a minimal model of thermally assisted depinning with essentially only one adjustable parameter, we find that our theory fits the strain-hardening data for Cu over a wide range of temperatures and six decades of strain rate.
We propose a minimal model for the response of seedlings to pullout constraints.
We suggest a minimal model for the coupling of the lateral phase behavior in an asymmetric lipid membrane across its two monolayers.
Gradual antigenic drift should thus be part of a minimal model for influenza A along with punctuated immune escape.
We here introduce a minimal model for an unlimited number of unrelated pathogens whose interaction is simplified to simple mutual exclusion.
This model was originally designed as a minimal model to explain the paradoxical elevation of ROS-mediated damage sometimes observed when SOD is overexpressed (Figure 7, Table 1).
