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Multi-perspective modelling of complex phenomena
SI: Epistemological Perspectives Simulation
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The Author(s)
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Mamadou
D.
Seck
m.d.seck@tudelft.nl
Mamadou D. Seck
received his Ph.D. degree from the Paul Cezanne University of Marseille and his M.S. and M.Eng. Degrees from Polytech’ Marseille, France. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Systems Engineering section at the Technology, Policy, and Management department of Delft University of Technology. His research interests include modeling and simulation formalisms, dynamic data driven simulation, human behavior representation and social simulation, and agent directed simulation.
H.
Job
Honig
h.j.honig@tudelft.nl
H. Job Honig
is assistant professor; he has been a member of the Systems Engineering group at TPM, TU Delft for eight years. Before that, he has worked in the field of Natural Language Processing and in several Software Engineering research projects. His current research interests include: (philosophical) foundations of modeling and simulation, meta-modeling, equation based discrete event modeling, multi-perspective modeling, as well as the design and implementation of modeling languages for those.
Department of Technology, Policy and Management
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 5
2628 BX
Delft
The Netherlands
Abstract
This conceptual paper discusses the limitations of a single-perspective hierarchical approach to modelling and proposes multi-perspective modelling as a way to overcome them. As it turns out, multi-perspective modelling is primarily a new methodology, using existing modelling techniques but extending the modelling hierarchy with a new epistemological level which integrates the different perspectives. The methodology will be presented in some detail, and its use will be demonstrated by analyzing an example taken from a socio-political context.
Keywords
Multi-perspective modelling
Complex systems modelling
Aspect models
Bridge models