Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) of Social Simulations
Abstract
This paper discusses the VV&A of social simulations by an examination of uncertainty, correlation, and
cause in social processes in general and in social simulation methodologies in particular. Standards of scientific
investigation for social simulation are presented, and different methodologies of social simulation are examined for the
degree to which they can implement the standard. Methodologies examined include Bayesian networks, system
dynamics models, reactive agent-based models and cognitive agent-based models. Standards for the accumulation of
knowledge in social science through refutation of conceptual models are presented, and how they may be objectively
evaluated using computational technologies of ontologies and optimization under soft constraints.
Description
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) SIW Conference Paper
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