Model templates within and between disciplines: from magnets to gases – and socio-economic systems
Model templates within and between disciplines: from magnets to gases – and socio-economic systems
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学科内部和学科之间的模型模板：从磁铁到气体以及社会经济系统
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2016
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1.5
通讯作者：
Andrea Loettgers
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作者：
T. Knuuttila;Andrea Loettgers
当代模特实践的一个显著特征是它的跨学科性质。同样的方程式形式，以及数学和计算方法，在不同的学科中使用，以及在同一学科内使用。那么，学科内转移和跨学科转移之间是否存在差异，两者之间的比较能否为跨学科理论工作的挑战提供更多的洞察？我们将研究伊辛模型在物理学中的发展和各种用途，并将它们与其在社会经济系统中的应用进行对比。虽然重整化群(RG)方法证明了伊辛模型在物理学中的转移--通过将它们归入同一普适性类别--但它对社会经济现象的应用没有这样的理论基础。因此，通过伊辛模型对社会经济现象进行建模所获得的洞察力可能仍然有限。
One striking feature of the contemporary modelling practice is its interdisciplinary nature. The same equation forms, and mathematical and computational methods, are used across different disciplines, as well as within the same discipline. Are there, then, differences between intra- and interdisciplinary transfer, and can the comparison between the two provide more insight on the challenges of interdisciplinary theoretical work? We will study the development and various uses of the Ising model within physics, contrasting them to its applications to socio-economic systems. While the renormalization group (RG) methods justify the transfer of the Ising model within physics – by ascribing them to the same universality class – its application to socio-economic phenomena has no such theoretical grounding. As a result, the insights gained by modelling socio-economic phenomena by the Ising model may remain limited.