-Author Model. In this article, a limited observation is applied and analytical results are derived. Then, 2 parameters are varied …

This paper uses microsimulation techniques to model individual's medical behavior and forecast the effects of different …

offer added value over established methods? (2) How can the danger of arbitrariness caused by the extended modelling …" literature where established methods, i.e. game theory, as well as computer simulations are used: the susceptibility of the …, Deliano's simulation model exhibits considerable arbitrariness in model design and lacks information on its robustness. In …

There is growing advocacy for the adoption of computational methods as a substitute for, or complement to, traditional … research methods, particularly for examining social phenomena derivative of organised complexity. This paper examines some of …

exemplified as a framework for examining simulation models - assumptions of language embedded in the model at each level are made … explanations of a model; alongside, as a synthesis from different interpretations, to draw in an interpretive conclusion is …

with agent-based methodology in the top journals. We identify some methodological pitfalls that, according to us, are …

research. Without a sufficiently neutral treatment of why a particular set of methods and style of model might be chosen, these … provide such a framework. We begin with an epistemological model, which gives a standardised view on the types of validation …