Robustness and Idealizations in Agent-Based Models of Scientific Interaction
Robustness and Idealizations in Agent-Based Models of Scientific Interaction
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基于主体的科学交互模型的稳健性和理想化
DOI:
10.1093/bjps/axy039
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发表时间:
2019
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通讯作者:
D. Šešelja
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作者:
D. Šešelja
The article presents an agent-based model (ABM) of scientific interaction aimed at examining how different degrees of connectedness of scientists impact their efficiency in knowledge acquisition. The model is built on the basis of Zollman’s ([2010]) ABM by changing some of its idealizing assumptions that concern the representation of the central notions underlying the model: epistemic success of the rivalling scientific theories, scientific interaction and the assessment in view of which scientists choose theories to work on. Our results suggest that whether and to what extent the degree of connectedness of a scientific community impacts its efficiency is a highly context-dependent matter since different conditions deem strikingly different results. More generally, we argue that simplicity of ABMs may come at a price: the requirement to run extensive robustness analysis before we can specify the adequate target phenomenon of the model. 1
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DOI:
10.1093/bjps/axx005
发表时间:
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期刊:
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
影响因子:
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