Validation in simulation: Various positions in the philosophy of science

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1087-1099

  Kleindorfer, George B ^a   O'Neill, Liam ^a   Ganeshan, Ram ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Philosophy of Science; Simulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

HERMENEUTICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0032136251     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.8.1087     Document Type: Article

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