This gives the credibility of the model and the methodology used for developing the model for any region in the world.
We could have increased the number of cases included in the analysis by relaxing the requirement for involvement of the three regions of interest, for example cases that do not show significant GSW-related BOLD changes in the thalamus; however, we believe that this would have undermined the credibility of the model comparison due to their known importance in GSW generation.
The determination coefficient (R2) was 0.9973, which ensures adequate credibility of the model.
Several "benchmark" tests are illustrated to establish the credibility of the model and a final realistic test of stiffener debonding is displayed.
In the present study a case-study was analyzed to assess model performance and to test the credibility of the model predictions for fragment number, shape and impact probability.
This increases the transparency and interpretability of the classification process, strengthening the accessibility, and hence credibility, of the model.
This points up the limitations of modelling exercises, whether using simple deterministic approaches like this or more mathematical stochastic models (Chien and Chen, 2008; Weedon-Faekjer et al, 2010): the credibility of the model results rests crucially on the evidence base.
Choosing to address underlying lower-level objects and systems within a model at a greater level of detail can help add to the credibility of the model, because people tend to equate more detailed and finer-scaled representation of biological processes with greater 'realism', especially in situations where the processes are well understood.
A relatively low number of available experimental data, and measurement errors at the stage of polyurethane synthesis as shown inter alia by the differences in κtheor and κexp values presented in Fig. 3 and errors in determinations of SFE values, restrict credibility of the model 15 considerably.
An additional field calibration and validation of the HWDS and TE models with observed field data in varied hydro-climatic conditions could be conducted to increase the applicability and credibility of the models.
