Simulation

Pragmatic Constructions of Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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This book examines the historical roots and evolution of simulation from an epistemological, institutional and technical perspective.

Computer Simulation: Practice, Epistemology, and Social Dynamics.- Imitating Models.- The Shape of Molecules to Come.- From Representation to Production: Parsers and Parsing in Language Technology.- Foundations for the Simulation of Ecosystems.- Models, Models Everywhere.- Layers of Integration.- From Hierarchical to Network-Like Integration: A Revolution of Modeling Style in Computer-Simulation.- The Difference Between Answering a ‘Why’ Question and Answering a ‘How Much’ Question.- Struggle Between Specificity and Generality: How Do Infectious Disease Models Become a Simulation Platform?.- Handshaking Your Way to the Top: Simulation at the Nanoscale.- Social Practice.- Locating the Dry Lab on the Lab Map.- Simulation Uncertainty and the Challenge of Postnormal Science.- When is Simulation a Research Technology? Practices, Markets, and Lingua Franca.