Getting away from numbers: Using qualitative observation for agent-based modeling
Yang, L and Gilbert, N (2007) Getting away from numbers: Using qualitative observation for agent-based modeling In: 4th Conference of the European-Social-Simulation-Association, ? - ?, Sociology.
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Although in many social sciences there is a radical division between studies based on quantitative ( e. g. statistical) and qualitative ( e. g. ethnographic) methodologies and their associated epistemological commitments, agent-based simulation fits into neither camp, and should be capable of modelling both quantitative and qualitative data. Nevertheless, most agent-based models (ABMs) are founded on quantitative data. This paper explores some of the methodological and practical problems involved in basing an ABM on qualitative participant observation and proposes some advice for modelers.
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Divisions : | Surrey research (other units) | |||||||||
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Date : | 2007 | |||||||||
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Uncontrolled Keywords : | agent-based models qualitative data ethnography | |||||||||
Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | |||||||||
Date Deposited : | 16 May 2017 14:52 | |||||||||
Last Modified : | 23 Jan 2020 13:38 | |||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/815450 |
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