Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences

Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9783642011085
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Download or read book Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences written by Flaminio Squazzoni and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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