Agent-Based Models and Simulations in Economics and Social Sciences

From Conceptual Exploration to Distinct Ways of Experimenting

Bibliographic Data

ID15347751
AuthorsDenis Phan∥ (0009-0005-2118-9839, corresponding author), Franck Varenne (0000-0001-6539-0618, Université de Rouen Normandie)
Year2010
Volume13
Issue1
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1460-7425 • E-ISSN: 1460-7425
PublisherJournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18564/jasss.1532
OpenAlexW2132137513
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited18

Now that complex Agent-Based Models and computer simulations spread over economics and social sciences - as in most sciences of complex systems -, epistemological puzzles (re)emerge. We introduce new epistemological concepts so as to show to what extent authors are right when they focus on some empirical, instrumental or conceptual significance of their model or simulation. By distinguishing between models and simulations, between types of models, between types of computer simulations and between types of empiricity obtained through a simulation, section 2 gives the possibility to understand more precisely - and then to justify - the diversity of the epistemological positions presented in section 1. Our final claim is that careful attention to the multiplicity of the denotational powers of symbols at stake in complex models and computer simulations is necessary to determine, in each case, their proper epistemic status and credibility

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