The phrase "as a reference model" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a framework or standard that serves as a basis for comparison or guidance in a particular context.
Example: "The architecture of the new software system was designed as a reference model for future projects."
Alternatives: "as a benchmark" or "as a guiding framework".
The resulted fault detection filter acts then as a reference model.
Our work presented herein may serve as a reference model for similar projects in the future.
Therefore, a global LCA of the French nuclear fuel cycle was performed as a reference model.
We think it could serve as a reference model (by which I think I really mean "extensible scaffolding") for a much more comprehensive metadata model for Federal legislation.
This study used a small-sized Thai femoral model as a reference model for a new design.
The developed numerical model can be used as a reference model for investigations on the effects of variations and uncertainties in the modelling.
This model is the first detailed ITER building 3D neutronics model and it will be made available to all international organization collaborators as a reference model.
To this aim, the Virtual Model (VM) of a specifically designed artefact for dental applications has been used as a reference model.
Three rhodamine derivatives exhibiting electrofluorochromic properties were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and UV Vis/fluorescence spectroelectrochemistry. Rhodamine 101 (Rh101, compound 1) was used as a reference model.
The proposed scheme is different from the consensus output regulation schemes literature, and the leader plays a similar role as a reference model in the classic model reference adaptive control.
The visible absorption and photoemission of the indocyanine dye as well as that of an unsubstituted indodicarbocyanine dye, employed as a reference model chromogenic system, were addressed both theoretically and experimentally.
