Methodological Issues in Computer Simulation

汉弗莱斯博士正在研究电脑 模拟方法可以也不可以充分适应 在现有的科学方法的哲学解释中。 他 特别强调法律之间的关系 具体条件下，类比推理的作用， 仿真模型的构建，以及 模型中缺乏明确的演绎结构， 我们对这些模型的理解。 研究将集中在 在资助期的第一部分， 和天文学，特别是那些使用蒙特卡罗估计的 技术. 在下半年的补助金期间，他将 专注于社会科学模型中的可识别性问题。 而 进行研究，他将提出各种观点， 与当前认知科学工作的联系， 模拟方法

Dr. Humphreys is investigating the ways in which computer simulation methods can and cannot be adequately accommodated within existing philosophical accounts of scientific method. He is placing particular emphasis on the relationships between laws and specific conditions, on the role of analogical reasoning in the construction of simulation models, and the effects that the absence of an explicit deductive structure in the models has on our understanding of these models. The research will focus during the first part of the grant period on models in physics and astronomy, especially those that use Monte Carlo estimation techniques. During the second half of the grant period, he will focus on identifiability issues in social science models. While carrying out the research, he will make various points of connection with current work in cognitive science that uses simulation methods.