Computer-Based Global Models: From Early Experiences to Complex Systems

Rodrigo Castro () and Pablo Jacovkis ()
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Pablo Jacovkis: http://www-2.dc.uba.ar/profesores/jacovkis/andhttp://untref.edu.ar/academico/investigacion-y-desarrollo/laboratorios-y-centros-de-investigacion/

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2015, vol. 18, issue 1, 13

Abstract: During the 1960s but mainly in the 1970s, large mathematical dynamic global models were implemented in computers to simulate the entire world, or large portions of it. Several different but interrelated subjects were considered simultaneously, and their variables evolved over time in an attempt to forecast the future, considering decades as time horizons. Global models continued to be developed while evidencing an increasing bias towards environmental aspects, or at least the public impact of models with such a focus became prevalent. In this paper we analyze the early evolution of computer-based global modeling and provide insights on less known pioneering works by South American modelers in the 1960s (Varsavsky and collaborators). We revisit relevant methodological aspects and discuss how they influenced different modeling endeavors. Finally, we overview how distinctive systemic approaches in global modeling evolved into the currently well-established discipline of complex systems.

Keywords: Global Models; Social Processes; Complex Systems; History of Science; Computer Simulation; Latin American Modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-31
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