JASSS (and despair)

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Jun 30, 2007; 10:24pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/JASSS-and-despair-tp524155p524156.html

Robert Holmes wrote:
> I dunno, after our discussions about the nature of explanation,
> reading JASSS left me thoroughly depressed. Want to guess how many
> papers compared their simulation results with real historic data?
I don't see a problem because their study is of _artificial_
societies.   The development of math and methods for study of a subclass
of abstract processes...