[1306.2487] How many parameters to model states of mind ?

[1306.2487] How many parameters to model states of mind ?:

How many parameters to model states of mind ?

Krzysztof Kulakowski, Piotr Gronek, Antoni Dydejczyk

(Submitted on 11 Jun 2013)

A series of examples of computational models is provided, where the model aim is to interpret numerical results in terms of internal states of agents minds. Two opposite strategies or research can be distinguished in the literature. First is to reproduce the richness and complexity of real world as faithfully as possible, second is to apply simple assumptions and check the results in depth. As a rule, the results of the latter method agree only qualitatively with some stylized facts. The price we pay for more detailed predictions within the former method is that consequences of the rich set of underlying assumptions remain unchecked. Here we argue that for computational reasons, complex models with many parameters are less suitable.

Comments:	5 pages, no figures; Proceedings 27th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation ECMS Webjorn Rekdalsbakken, Robin T. Bye, Houxiang Zhang (Editors), 2013
Subjects:	Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph); Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
Cite as:	arXiv:1306.2487 [physics.soc-ph]
	(or arXiv:1306.2487v1 [physics.soc-ph] for this version)

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