Agent-based Models and Confirmation Theory
Update: 2015-02-12
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Michael Weisberg (Pennsylvania) gives a talk at the Conference on Agent-Based Modeling in Philosophy (11-13 December, 2014) titled "Agent-based Models and Confirmation Theory". Abstract: Is it possible to develop a confirmation theory for agent-based models? The are good reasons to be skeptical: Classical confirmation theory explains how empirical evidence bears on the truth of hypotheses and theories, while agent-based models are almost always idealized and hence known to be false. Moreover, classical ideas about confirmation have been developed for relatively simple hypotheses, while even the simplest agent-based models have thousands of variables. Nevertheless, we can draw on ideas from confirmation theory in order to develop an account of agent-based model confirmation. Theorists can confirm hypotheses about model/world relations, and they can also use a variety of techniques to investigate the reliability of model results. This paper is an exploration of these possibilities.
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