2. EPOS 2006: Brescia, Italy

Flaminio Squazzoni (Ed.): Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences, Second International Workshop, EPOS 2006, Brescia, Italy, October 5-6, 2006, Revised Selected and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5466 Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-01108-5

Ulrich Frank, Flaminio Squazzoni, Klaus G. Troitzsch:
EPOS-Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation: An Introduction. 1-11

Invited Papers

G. Nigel Gilbert, Petra Ahrweiler:
The Epistemologies of Social Simulation Research. 12-28
Rosaria Conte:
From Simulation to Theory (and Backward). 29-47

Selected Papers

Scott Moss:
Talking about ABSS: Functional Descriptions of Models. 48-59
Alex Schmid:
What Does Emergence in Computer Simulations? Simulation between Epistemological and Ontological Emergence. 60-68
Martin Neumann:
Emergence as an Explanatory Principle in Artificial Societies. Reflection on the Bottom-Up Approach to Social Theory. 69-88
Camille Roth:
Reconstruction Failures: Questioning Level Design. 89-98
Nicholas Mark Gotts, J. Gareth Polhill:
Narrative Scenarios, Mediating Formalisms, and the Agent-Based Simulation of Land Use Change. 99-116
Nuno David:
Validation and Verification in Social Simulation: Patterns and Clarification of Terminology. 117-129
Paul Ormerod, Bridget Rosewell:
Validation and Verification of Agent-Based Models in the Social Sciences. 130-140
Tobias Lorenz:
Abductive Fallacies with Agent-Based Modeling and System Dynamics. 141-152
Jim Doran:
Algorithmic Analysis of Production Systems Used as Agent-Based Social Simulation Models. 153-168
Bruce Edmonds:
The Nature of Noise. 169-182