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Remarks on the Foundations of Agent-Based Generative Social Science

Joshua M. Epstein

Chapter 34 in Handbook of Computational Economics, 2006, vol. 2, pp 1585-1604 from Elsevier

Abstract: This chapter treats a variety of epistemological issues surrounding generative explanation in the social sciences, and discusses the role of agent-based computational models in generative social science.

JEL-codes: C63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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