Implementations are not specifications: Specification, replication and experimentation in computational cognitive modeling
Implementations are not specifications: Specification, replication and experimentation in computational cognitive modeling
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cogsys.2013.05.001
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Guest, Olivia
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作者：
Cooper, Richard P.;Guest, Olivia
当代计算认知建模方法最近受到 Addyman 和 French (2012) 的批评，理由是它们没有跟上计算机技术和人机交互的发展。他们提出了一份变革宣言，据认为，建模者应该投入更多的努力，使他们的模型对于非建模者（具有适当的易于使用的用户界面）和建模者都可以访问。我们同意，模型和数据一样，应该根据正常的科学标准免费提供，但要注意不要将实现与规范混淆。模型可能体现理论，但它们通常还包括实现假设。认知建模方法需要对此敏感。我们认为，规范、复制和实验是可以解决这个问题的方法论。 (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Contemporary methods of computational cognitive modeling have recently been criticized by Addyman and French (2012) on the grounds that they have not kept up with developments in computer technology and human-computer interaction. They present a manifesto for change according to which, it is argued, modelers should devote more effort to making their models accessible, both to non-modelers (with an appropriate easy-to-use user interface) and modelers alike. We agree that models, like data, should be freely available according to the normal standards of science, but caution against confusing implementations with specifications. Models may embody theories, but they generally also include implementation assumptions. Cognitive modeling methodology needs to be sensitive to this. We argue that specification, replication and experimentation are methodological approaches that can address this issue. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.