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Title: |
A
Critique Of Agent-Based Simulation In Ecology |
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Authors: |
Michael Hauhs, Baltasar Trancón y Widemann |
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(2012).ECMS
2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann.
European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-4-3 26th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Shaping reality through simulation Koblenz,
Germany, May 29 – June 1 2012 |
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Citation
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Hauhs, M., & Trancon y
Widemann, B. (2012). A Critique Of Agent-Based Simulation In Ecology. ECMS
2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U.
Lotzmann (pp. 23-30). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012-0023-0030 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2012-0023-0030 |
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Abstract: |
Models
link empirical observations with formal reason- ing. If the computer plays an
essential role in their func- tioning, it seems only fair to consider
theoretical com- puter science as well as the discipline of application. We
review some perennial philosophical problems about the nature of state and
behaviour in models from that per- spective. A mathematical framework for
their explica- tion and the unbiased choice of solutions is proposed.
Agent-based models play an increasing role in ecolog- ical modelling. They
are taken here as an example for demonstrating critical assumptions and
dilemmas in in- tegrating criteria of methodological rigour with practical
relevance of models. Some possible solutions and their practical implications
are outlined based on this new the- oretical perspective. |
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