I found this article online. The concept of modeling based on existing information (without a universal equation) revealing larger, underlying patterns is fascinating, and sensible.

References

• http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Equation-free_modeling
• http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Attractor_reconstruction
• https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:BUx+Math226.3x+3T2015/53e63d7750b945c1ab45ca11e48907fe/
• http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~ane686/research/eswc2010.pdf