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Assessment of Modeling and Simulation
• Extended abstract: Additionally, theorize about possible generalization of the model or transfer into a different context.
(3) What do you hope to observe from this model?
• Prestructural: Research question not clear
• Unistructural: Identified the question from a local perspective
• Multistructural: Described the question from a multi-point perspective
• Relational: The research question clear and predicts possible outcomes.
• Extended abstract: Additionally, theorize about possible
generalization or transfer into a different context.
Design the model and implement it.
• Prestructural: No agents mentioned
• Unistructural: A few agents and actions identified
• Multistructural: Several agents and actions described.
• Relational: Agents, actions and interactions correct and substantiated.
Their contribution to the whole acknowledged.
• Extended abstract: Additionally, generalize or hypothesize about
similar models in different contexts or extend the model beyond the 5
minimal requirements.
Validate the model.
• Prestructural: Nothing. No working program.
• Unistructural: Identified some resemblances and differences between
the model and reality. Relevance for the research question not clear.
• Multistructural: Described resemblances and differences between the model and reality. Relevance of the differences for the research
question not clear
• Relational: Resemblances and differences between the model and
reality described. Analyzed and explained their relevance for the
research question.
• Extended abstract: Additionally, hypothesized over model
adjustments to improve its validity for a more general purpose
Experiment.
• Prestructural: nothing
• Unistructural: a few model runs (i.e. simulations) without a clear plan
• Multistructural: Simulations performed systematically but the
relevance for the research question not clear (e.g. not clear why certain data is gathered)
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