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title: "What is the difference between a mathematical model and an empirical model?"  
description: "What is the difference between a mathematical model and an empirical model?"  
author: "simron shukla"  
published: 2018-03-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37784/what-is-the-difference-between-a-mathematical-model-and-an-empirical-model  
category: "business & finance"  
tags: ["business models"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between a mathematical model and an empirical model?

What is the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/398/difference-between-object-type-and-var-type) between a [mathematical](https://www.mindstick.com/startup/8/how-mathworks-techmate-fosters-startup-growth-with-expert-technical-advice) [model](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/61/ado-dot-net-object-model-and-attributes) and an empirical model?


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