Add to ORKGA computer simulation runs a model generating a phenomenon under investigation. For the simulation to be explanatory, the model has to be explanatory. The model must be isomorphic to the natural system that realizes the phenomenon. This paper elaborates the method of assessing a simulation's explanatory power. Then it illustrates the method by applying it to two simulations in game theory. The first is Brian Skyrms's (1990) simulation of interactive deliberations. It is intended to explain the emergence of a Nash equilibrium in a noncooperative game. The second is Skyrms's (2004) simulation of the evolution of cooperation. It is intended to explain cooperation in assurance games. The final section suggests ways of enhancing the explanatory ...
The use of hypothetical factual situations to explore and discuss the way in which ‘real-life’ event...
SIMULATION is a technique for representing the workings of a complex system such as the governmental...
In this article, I focus on the role of computer simulations as exploratory strategies. I begin by e...
A computer simulation runs a model generating a phenomenon under investigation. For the simulation t...
Some computer simulations have explanatory goals. In a typical case, the computer simulation exempli...
Background. The use of simulation games for complex systems analysis and design has been acknowledge...
Background. The use of simulation games for complex systems analysis and design has been acknowledge...
A simulation is an orchestrated series of operations used to model the behaviour of a system. The sy...
This thesis advances game theory by formally analysing the implications of replacing some of its mos...
The notion of game theory, origins and purposes of simulation, simulation as educational innovation,...
My dissertation raises and answers questions about how the growing prevalence of computer simulation...
Computer games and game theory computer often plays against the human player or there are multiple c...
Cooperation is pervasive throughout nature, but its origin remains an open question. For decades, so...
Cooperation is pervasive throughout nature, but its origin remains an open question. For decades, so...
The use of hypothetical factual situations to explore and discuss the way in which ‘real-life’ event...
The use of hypothetical factual situations to explore and discuss the way in which ‘real-life’ event...
SIMULATION is a technique for representing the workings of a complex system such as the governmental...
In this article, I focus on the role of computer simulations as exploratory strategies. I begin by e...
A computer simulation runs a model generating a phenomenon under investigation. For the simulation t...
Some computer simulations have explanatory goals. In a typical case, the computer simulation exempli...
Background. The use of simulation games for complex systems analysis and design has been acknowledge...
Background. The use of simulation games for complex systems analysis and design has been acknowledge...
A simulation is an orchestrated series of operations used to model the behaviour of a system. The sy...
This thesis advances game theory by formally analysing the implications of replacing some of its mos...
The notion of game theory, origins and purposes of simulation, simulation as educational innovation,...
My dissertation raises and answers questions about how the growing prevalence of computer simulation...
Computer games and game theory computer often plays against the human player or there are multiple c...
Cooperation is pervasive throughout nature, but its origin remains an open question. For decades, so...
Cooperation is pervasive throughout nature, but its origin remains an open question. For decades, so...
The use of hypothetical factual situations to explore and discuss the way in which ‘real-life’ event...
The use of hypothetical factual situations to explore and discuss the way in which ‘real-life’ event...
SIMULATION is a technique for representing the workings of a complex system such as the governmental...
In this article, I focus on the role of computer simulations as exploratory strategies. I begin by e...