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There are some famous examples of tweaks that don't make the paper, but are actually critical to successful methods. Antony Jameson's aerodynamic codes are prim
by jedbrown 15y ago
There are some famous examples of tweaks that don't make the paper, but are actually critical to successful methods. Antony Jameson's aerodynamic codes are prime examples. He made good money for decades because Boeing and some other majors couldn't reproduce his code on their own, but his code gave better predictions compared to the wind tunnel, so they used it to design several generations of aircraft.
- william42 15y agoIf the code is that different from the paper, why was that paper published?
- jedbrown 15y agoReviewers don't get to see the code and most don't have the time or inclination to reimplement based on what is described in the paper to check whether it tells the whole story or not. Yes, this is different from a theorem which should come with a rigorous proof. This is a great talk on the subject: http://www.amath.washington.edu/~rjl/talks/LeVeque_CSE2011.pdf http://www.amath.washington.edu/~rjl/talks/LeVeque_CSE2011.p...