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Empirical models have been reported earlier to estimate the resistivity of electrically exploded conductors (EECs) as a function of geometrical parameters only, such as cross-sectional area and length. Since inductance of inductive energy storage system (IESS) also affects the resistivity of EEC, similar models but with modified empirical coefficients are reported here by including inductance of IESS which makes them applicable for the prediction of resistivity of EEC at different time-scales/systems. Using curve fitting on experimental data reported earlier, methods to evaluate modified empirical coefficients are presented. Circuit simulations carried out using these models are able to predict the current as well as voltage profile in EEC and load for different inductances of IESS. Experiments have been carried out to validate the results predicted by simulation and are found to be in close agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]