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Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences [electronic resource] :Second International Workshop, EPOS 2006, Brescia, Italy, October 5-6, 2006, Revised Selected and Invited Papers / edited by Flaminio Squazzoni.

by Squazzoni, Flaminio [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Lecture Notes in Computer Science: 5466Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.Description: VIII, 183 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642011092.Subject(s): Computer science | Computer Science | Computer Science, generalDDC classification: 004 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction -- EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction -- Invited Papers -- The Epistemologies of Social Simulation Research -- From Simulation to Theory (and Backward) -- Selected Papers -- Talking about ABSS: Functional Descriptions of Models -- What Does Emergence in Computer Simulations? Simulation between Epistemological and Ontological Emergence -- Emergence as an Explanatory Principle in Artificial Societies. Reflection on the Bottom-Up Approach to Social Theory -- Reconstruction Failures: Questioning Level Design -- Narrative Scenarios, Mediating Formalisms, and the Agent-Based Simulation of Land Use Change -- Validation and Verification in Social Simulation: Patterns and Clarification of Terminology -- Validation and Verification of Agent-Based Models in the Social Sciences -- Abductive Fallacies with Agent-Based Modeling and System Dynamics -- Algorithmic Analysis of Production Systems Used as Agent-Based Social Simulation Models -- The Nature of Noise.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book constitutes the revised versions of the invited and selected papers from the Second Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation Workshop, EPOS 2006, which was held in Brescia, Italy, during October 5-6, 2006. The 11 papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The topics addressed were epistemological and methodological contents, such as the relevance of empirical foundations for agent-based simulations, the role of theory, the concepts and meaning of emergence, the trade-off between simplification and complexification of models.
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EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction -- EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction -- Invited Papers -- The Epistemologies of Social Simulation Research -- From Simulation to Theory (and Backward) -- Selected Papers -- Talking about ABSS: Functional Descriptions of Models -- What Does Emergence in Computer Simulations? Simulation between Epistemological and Ontological Emergence -- Emergence as an Explanatory Principle in Artificial Societies. Reflection on the Bottom-Up Approach to Social Theory -- Reconstruction Failures: Questioning Level Design -- Narrative Scenarios, Mediating Formalisms, and the Agent-Based Simulation of Land Use Change -- Validation and Verification in Social Simulation: Patterns and Clarification of Terminology -- Validation and Verification of Agent-Based Models in the Social Sciences -- Abductive Fallacies with Agent-Based Modeling and System Dynamics -- Algorithmic Analysis of Production Systems Used as Agent-Based Social Simulation Models -- The Nature of Noise.

This book constitutes the revised versions of the invited and selected papers from the Second Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation Workshop, EPOS 2006, which was held in Brescia, Italy, during October 5-6, 2006. The 11 papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The topics addressed were epistemological and methodological contents, such as the relevance of empirical foundations for agent-based simulations, the role of theory, the concepts and meaning of emergence, the trade-off between simplification and complexification of models.

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