Grounded Simulation

Martin Neumann ()

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2015, vol. 18, issue 1, 9

Abstract: This paper investigates the contribution of evidence-based modelling to grounded theory (GT). It is argued that evidence-based modelling provides additional sources to truly arrive at a theory through the inductive process of a Grounded Theory approach. This is shown by two examples. One example concerns the development of software ontologies of criminal organisations. The other example is a simulation model of escalation of ethno-nationalist conflicts. The first example concerns early to middle stages of the research process. The development of an ontology provides a tool for the process of theoretical coding in a GT approach. The second example shows stylised facts resulting from a simulation model of the escalation of ethno-nationalist conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. These reveal mechanisms of nationalist radicalisation. This provides additional credibility for the claim that evidence-based modelling assists to inductively generate a theory in a GT approach.

Keywords: Grounded Theory; Evidence Based Modelling; Theoretical Coding; Ontologies; Stylized Facts; Theory Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-31
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