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Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences

Second International Workshop, EPOS 2006, Brescia, Italy, October 5-6, 2006, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

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Editors:
  1. Flaminio Squazzoni

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 5466)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction

    1. EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction

      • Ulrich Frank, Flaminio Squazzoni, Klaus G. Troitzsch
      Pages 1-11

  3. Invited Papers

    1. The Epistemologies of Social Simulation Research

      • Nigel Gilbert, Petra Ahrweiler
      Pages 12-28

    2. From Simulation to Theory (and Backward)

      • Rosaria Conte
      Pages 29-47

  4. Selected Papers

    1. Talking about ABSS: Functional Descriptions of Models

      • Scott Moss
      Pages 48-59

    2. What Does Emergence in Computer Simulations? Simulation between Epistemological and Ontological Emergence

      • Alex Schmid
      Pages 60-68

    3. Emergence as an Explanatory Principle in Artificial Societies. Reflection on the Bottom-Up Approach to Social Theory

      • Martin Neumann
      Pages 69-88

    4. Reconstruction Failures: Questioning Level Design

      • Camille Roth
      Pages 89-98

    5. Narrative Scenarios, Mediating Formalisms, and the Agent-Based Simulation of Land Use Change

      • Nicholas M. Gotts, J. Gary Polhill
      Pages 99-116

    6. Validation and Verification in Social Simulation: Patterns and Clarification of Terminology

      • Nuno David
      Pages 117-129

    7. Validation and Verification of Agent-Based Models in the Social Sciences

      • Paul Ormerod, Bridget Rosewell
      Pages 130-140

    8. Abductive Fallacies with Agent-Based Modeling and System Dynamics

      • Tobias Lorenz
      Pages 141-152

    9. Algorithmic Analysis of Production Systems Used as Agent-Based Social Simulation Models

      • Jim Doran
      Pages 153-168

    10. The Nature of Noise

      • Bruce Edmonds
      Pages 169-182

  5. Back Matter

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About this book

This volume collects the revised versions of the invited and selected papers that were presented at the Second EPOS––Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation––Workshop, held in Brescia, Italy, in October 2006. EPOS is a bi-annual cross-disciplinary workshop on simulation originally established by Ulrich Frank and Klaus G. Troitzsch, with a first e- tion held in Koblenz in July 2004. EPOS aims to provide a forum for scholars from various disciplines, such as the social sciences, computer sciences, engineering and natural sciences, who are interested in discussing epistemological aspects of computer simulation across disciplinary boundaries. The common belief behind the workshop is the recognition that the time has come to seriously reflect on epistemological and methodological preconditions, processes and consequences of simulation as a research tool. During the fist edition in Koblenz 2004, a number of interesting topics were ca- fully addressed: the link between theory and simulation models, the empirical vali- tion of agent-based models in the natural and the social sciences, the relation between models and truth, as well as the role of stylized facts in evidence-based models. A good cross-disciplinary atmosphere permeated the workshop, making possible the exchange of knowledge and ideas beyond any disciplinary boundary. The first EPOS proceedings were edited by Ulrich Frank and Klaus G. Troitzsch and published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Flaminio Squazzoni

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences

  • Book Subtitle: Second International Workshop, EPOS 2006, Brescia, Italy, October 5-6, 2006, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

  • Editors: Flaminio Squazzoni

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01109-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-01108-5Published: 22 April 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-01109-2Published: 21 April 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 183

  • Topics: Logic Design, Computer Science, general

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