According to the application fields of the model, it is divided into population model, traffic model, environment model, ecological model, urban planning model, water resource model, renewable resource utilization model and pollution model.

According to the mathematical method of establishing the model, it is divided into elementary model, geometric model, differential equation model, statistical regression model and mathematical programming model. ?

According to the performance characteristics of the model, it is divided into deterministic model and stochastic model, static model and dynamic model, linear model and nonlinear model, discrete model and continuous model.

According to the purpose of modeling, it can be divided into description model, prediction model, optimization model, decision model and control model.