Methodological Issues of Agent-Based Modeling in Social Sciences
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چکیده
Agent-based modeling is used in many areas of science. Agent-based modeling has originated in AI, and its initial purpose of use differs from many applications it has nowadays. This shift in the usage of agent-based thinking causes a discontinuation point in the philosophical background of the method. This paper discusses two issues arising from this setting: (2) the history of agentbased modeling and (1) the relation of agent-based modeling to other scientific methods of creating new knowledge, and its tasks and aims. This discussion includes the pondering of the research questions that can be answered by agent-based modeling and the nature of those answers. The study is carried out as a literature study.
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