One Model, Multiple Stories? Using Agent-Based Models to Unveil Structural Similarities in a Complex World
Faculty/Professorship: | Fakultät Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Abschlussarbeiten ; Governance of Complex and Innovative Technological Systems |
Author(s): | Mayerhoffer, Daniel ![]() |
Publisher Information: | Bamberg : Otto-Friedrich-Universität |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Pages: | 168 ; Illustrationen, Diagramme |
Series ; Volume: | Bamberger Beiträge zur Modernen Politischen Theorie ; 3 |
Supervisor(s): | Marx, Johannes ![]() ![]() |
Language(s): | English |
Remark: | Kumulative Dissertation, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 2022 |
DOI: | 10.20378/irb-58578 |
Licence: | Creative Commons - CC BY - Attribution 4.0 International |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-585782 |
Abstract: | The doctoral thesis argues that such transfer of the structure of an Agent-Based-Model from one real world application to another is indeed possible by means of story adaptation to the new application case. If successful, the transfer benefits research in two ways: (I) It improves efficiency for modellers and readers alike; (II) it can reveal structural similarity between these cases and help to assess the extent of this structural similarity. Therefore, structure transfer is no mere auxiliary to Agent-Based Modelling but an independent scientific endeavour. However, such endeavour may also fail or mislead in the sense that an identified structural similarity between two modelled situations does not exist. Hence, model structure transfer requires a careful execution. |
GND Keywords: | Modellierung; Mehragentensystem; Komplexes System; Politische Theorie |
Keywords: | Agent-Based-Modelling, Computational Social Science, template transfer, complexity, validation |
DDC Classification: | 320 Political Science |
RVK Classification: | MB 2500 |
Type: | Doctoralthesis |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/58578 |
Release Date: | 28. March 2023 |
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