Comments on: ABMs as a Tool? https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=1713 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: Milo_Aukerman https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=1713&cpage=1#comment-67804 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:37:04 +0000 http://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=1713#comment-67804 Is not the button pushing enabled by theory? Building an ABM requires one to define a system and behaviours – this should be based on theory and empirical work.

Also, is there any facet of the social sciences where we can say that we have a full understanding of all factors that would influence a system? Only if you draw artificial boundaries around a system. The catch is that we need this simplification to start developing an understanding of how components of a system interact.

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