Modeling and Simulation as Boundary Objects to Facilitate Interdisciplinary Research
Modeling and Simulation as Boundary Objects to Facilitate Interdisciplinary Research
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DOI：
10.1002/sres.2564
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Andersen, David F.
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作者：
Luna-Reyes, Luis F.;Black, Laura J.;Andersen, David F.
本文介绍了小组模型建设（GMB）作为一种有效的工具，汇集了来自不同学科的研究人员在理论建设工作的团队。我们建议模拟模型，以及在建模过程中使用的其他人工制品，作为边界对象，有助于促进不同学科的研究人员之间的对话，发现见解，并建立共识的因果关系和可操作的见解。除了提供一个更强大的理论基础，参与式系统建模作为跨学科工作的理论发展的一种方法，我们描述了一项研究，使用绿专线小巴，说明其用途。案例的评估表明，系统模型提供了跨学科的团队有机会联合收割机的定性和定量的方法来表达理论问题的优势，使用分析元语言，允许迭代构建理论和测试其内部的一致性。此外，GMB过程帮助研究人员在实现跨学科共识（通常涉及添加细节）和建立所研究现象的简约理论之间的紧张关系中导航。(c)2018约翰威利父子有限公司
This paper describes Group Model Building (GMB) as an effective tool to bring together teams of researchers from different disciplines in theory-building efforts. We propose that the simulation models, as well as other artefacts used during the modelling process, work as boundary objects useful to facilitate conversations among researchers of different disciplines, uncover insights, and build consensus on causal connections and actionable insights. In addition to providing a more robust theoretical basis for participatory system modelling as an approach to theory development in interdisciplinary work, we describe a study using GMB that illustrates its use. The assessment of the case suggests that system models provide interdisciplinary teams with opportunity to combine the strengths of qualitative and quantitative approaches to express theoretical issues, using an analytical meta-language that permits iteratively building theory and testing its internal consistency. Moreover, the GMB process helps researchers navigate the tension between achieving interdisciplinary consensus (which often involves adding details) and building a parsimonious theory of the phenomenon under study. (c) 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.