Holism, or the Erosion of Modularity: A Methodological Challenge for Validation.

Modularity is a key concept in building and evaluating complex simulation models. My main claim is that in simulation modeling modularity tends to degenerate for reasons inherent to simulation methodology. The argument will proceed by analyzing the techniques of parameterization, tuning, and kludgin...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 832 - 845
Autor principal: Lenhard, Johannes
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Dec2018
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