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Computer Simulated Empirical Tests of Social Theory: Lessons from 15 Years’ Experience

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Simulating Social Phenomena

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 456))

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Modelling sociological theories requires conceptual integration, realistically quantified variables, and clearly specified relationships. To test theories by running such models against empirical time series the model must correlate with data, and also show visual fit between the trends.

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  1. Fac. of Industrial Engineering & Management, Technion, Haifa, Israel

    Chanoch Jacobsen

  2. Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Teaneck, NJ, USA

    Richard Bronson

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  1. Institute of Psychology, CNR, V.le Marx 15, I-00137, Rome, Italy

    Rosaria Conte

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Bayreuth, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3, D-95445, Bayreuth, Germany

    Rainer Hegselmann

  3. Department of Economics, University of Turin, C.so Unione Sovietica 218bis, I-10134, Turin, Italy

    Pietro Terna

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Jacobsen, C., Bronson, R. (1997). Computer Simulated Empirical Tests of Social Theory: Lessons from 15 Years’ Experience. In: Conte, R., Hegselmann, R., Terna, P. (eds) Simulating Social Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03366-1_7

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