The epistemologies of social simulation research

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5466 LNAI, Issue , 2009, Pages 12-28

  Gilbert, Nigel ^a   Ahrweiler, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Max weber; Methodenstreit; Social simulation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY IS; EPISTEMOLOGY; MAX WEBER; METHODENSTREIT; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SIMULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SIMULATION; SOCIAL SIMULATIONS;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 67650686519     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01109-2_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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