[FRIAM] The art of agent-based modeling

[Michael Agar]

On Aug 14, 2006, at 6:14 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote:

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> - How do we simulate the core of a problem
>   without merely constructing an illustration
>   of our own beliefs and assumptions ?


I'd change this to

How do we make clear the core of a problem through constructing an  
illustration of our own beliefs and assumptions

and say that's exactly what both great science and great art do.  
Science then has the obligation to challenge it against new instances  
of the problem in the classic Popperian way.

Mike