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Robustness and idealizations in agent-based models of scientific interaction

The article presents an agent-based model (ABM) of scientific interaction aimed at examining how different degrees of connectedness of scientists impact their efficiency in knowledge acquisition. The model is built on the basis of Zollman’s ([2010]) ABM by changing some of its idealizing assumptions...

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Main Authors: Frey, Daniel (Author) , Šešelja, Dunja (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: The British journal for the philosophy of science
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 1411-1437
ISSN:1464-3537
DOI:10.1093/bjps/axy039
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy039
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/bjps/axy039
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Author Notes:Daniel Frey and Dunja Šešelja

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