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Butterfly effect and the OG-USA model #18

Open irexyu opened 6 years ago

irexyu commented 6 years ago

Thanks for presenting!

I am wondering if the anomalous predicted debt-to-GDP ratio in 2038 could be a result of the intrinsic property of the model when we want to predict some long-run results. In physics, even a simple system like 'Double rods' would exhibit some chaotic behaviors thus making itself unpredictable. So does the OG-USA model have some chaotic properties or how did you avoid chaotic behaviors when building the model?