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Simulation Models As A Research Method: Professor Alexander Settles
Simulation Models As A Research Method: Professor Alexander Settles
Simulation Models As A Research Method: Professor Alexander Settles
Research Method
Professor Alexander Settles
Research Methodology - Simulation
• Simulation as a research tool
• Research in simulation
• Focus here is on simulation of discrete
event dynamic systems
Social Simulation
• Most social science research uses some kind of theory or model
– Theories are generally stated in textual form
– But some are represented as equations
– Sometimes carry out experiments on artificial social systems that
would be impossible or unethical to perform on human populations