Methodological Issues in Computer Simulation

计算机模拟中的方法论问题

• 批准号: 8911393
• 负责人: Paul Humphreys
• 金额: $ 1.99万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-06-15 至 1991-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8911393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Methodological; Issues; Computer; Simulation

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.

汉弗莱斯博士正在研究，在现有的科学方法哲学解释中，计算机模拟方法可以和不能充分适应的方式。他特别强调了定律和具体条件之间的关系，类比推理在模拟模型构建中的作用，以及模型中没有明确的演绎结构对我们理解这些模型的影响。在授予期的第一部分，研究将集中在物理学和天文学的模型上，特别是那些使用蒙特卡罗估计技术的模型上。在资助期的后半部分，他将专注于社会科学模型中的可识别性问题。在进行研究时，他将与目前使用模拟方法的认知科学工作联系起来。