# Simulation

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## [About the Simulation category](https://butterflymethods.org/t/about-the-simulation-category/12)

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**Author:** [@MarioZhao](https://butterflymethods.org/u/MarioZhao)\
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## [If an AI can run the simulation study, what should a methods paper be?](https://butterflymethods.org/t/if-an-ai-can-run-the-simulation-study-what-should-a-methods-paper-be/23)

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**Author:** [@MarioZhao](https://butterflymethods.org/u/MarioZhao)\
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**Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://butterflymethods.org/t/if-an-ai-can-run-the-simulation-study-what-should-a-methods-paper-be/23 "2026-10-10T00:30:09Z")

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Most methods papers in our area have the same shape: a model variant, a derivation, a simulation study, an empirical example, forty pages. The derivation and the simulation are now cheap. What is left that only the autho…