Ontologies in Modeling and Simulation: An Epistemological Perspective

Hofmann, Marko

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“…If we ask this question thereisapreliminary demarcation line to draw between projections made for mere entertainment,orfor purelym ercantile purposes, and thosem ade for serious cognitive purposes.⁸ To the extent that computer games are usually made to entertain the consumer,and for financial gain of the seller, we will largely set aside the possibilities of their development.O fc ourse some games escape this qualification, especiallyw hen they directlys ervee ducational purposes. In anyc ase, we expect thati fs erious  Foraroughlys imilar point on models see Hofmann (2013) whoh olds that ad istinguishing featureo f" serious" simulations is their validity,w hereb asic assumptions about whate xists, how to come to know,a nd how to achieveagoal are keyd eterminingf actors at play. augmentations of reality entail essentialo ntologicale xtensions of reality,t hey should bring original additions to people'sb odies of knowledge.I fw el ook through advertisements of Microsoft or Magic Leapt echnologies, it is often unclear whether they entail such extensions or in what sense they do.⁹…”

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Augmented Reality : Reflections on its Contribution to Knowledge Formation

Ariso¹

2017

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Section: Chances Of New Types Of Knowledge-thatmentioning

confidence: 97%

Augmented Reality : Reflections on its Contribution to Knowledge Formation

Ariso¹

2017

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“…Hoffman [3] asserts that, "For many technical domains and artificial systems, ontologies will be able to ensure the interoperability of simulation components developed for a similar purpose under a consensual point of view of the world. "…”

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“…Coordinating ontologies among simulation models as a means to improve model composition has been examined repeatedly [2][3][4][5]7]. Hoffman [3] asserts that, "For many technical domains and artificial systems, ontologies will be able to ensure the interoperability of simulation components developed for a similar purpose under a consensual point of view of the world.…”

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Why connecting theories together may not work: How to address complex paradigm-spanning questions

Pennock

Rouse

2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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When we need to answer questions about the real world, we build models. Models are necessarily simplifications, which introduce departures from the real world. Over time we have developed a number modeling paradigms that have been found to work well for certain classes of questions. Each modeling paradigm's simplifying assumptions are appropriate for its class of questions but would not necessarily be appropriate for another class of questions. The simplifying assumptions of one modeling paradigm may be inconsistent with or even contradict the simplifying assumptions of another modeling paradigm. These contradictions are not present in the real world, only in our models. They are introduced by the simplifications. The gaps among the ontologies underlying different paradigms are not bridgeable by a unified ontology that enables addressing questions that cross complex physical, human, economic and social phenomena. We argue instead that the best strategy for addressing complex paradigm-spanning questions is a four-level formulation of optimize if you can; if not, adapt if you can; if not, hedge if you can; if not, accept the consequences.

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“…Allí se analizan varias obras (incluyendo algunas de los que hemos mencionado dentro del área IS) para arribar a la conclusión de que las perspectivas utilizadas implícitamente por los modeladores de los sistemas sociales pueden reducirse a dos grandes clases de epistemologías: una objetivista y la otra relativista. Hofmann (2013) evalúa esas posiciones y enfatiza que si bien posturas tan extremas no pueden representar todas las perspectivas epistemológicas existentes, sí resultan útiles para iluminar las características esenciales en lo que refiere a las prácticas de los modeladores. Hofmann llamará al paradigma epistemológico que pregona al objetivismo "positivista", y al que toma al relativismo "constructivista", y reconocerá a esta última como "una epistemología que refleja los problemas de las ciencias sociales" (Hofmann, 2013: 64, trad.…”

Section: Un Marco Para Las Simulaciones De Sistemas Socialesunclassified

“…Así pues, la elección del paradigma, afirma Becker et al (2005), tiene que ver con que diferentes disciplinas académicas y comunidades de investigación tienden a desarrollar aproximaciones disímiles y tomar diferentes presupuestos. Marko Hofmann (2013), afirma que muchos científicos consideran la perspectiva constructivista "exagerada" por ser tan relativista y por ello propone, a fin de promover este tipo de trabajos de investigación y modelado, clarificar cómo las percepciones y construcciones individuales pueden converger en nociones comunes de realidad, compartidas por la comunidad científica. / Aquí nuevamente introducimos una objeción: el "constructivismo" es un término polisémico, un rótulo para una serie de posturas filosóficas también contrapuestas.…”

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Refinando el marco epistemológico de las simulaciones de sistemas sociales

Giri

2016

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ResumenEn el presente trabajo se buscará el refinamiento de algunas perspectivas epistemológicas claves para la conformación de un marco metodológico en el área de las simulaciones informáticas de sistemas sociales. A tal fin se procederá a mostrar el origen de la problemática en dicha conceptualización (que exporta una controversia clásica de las ciencias sociales) y su paso por las ciencias de la información como antecedente. Allí identificaremos las consecuencias de dichos problemas y trabajaremos en la profundización de las nociones conflictivas a fin de bregar por un pluralismo epistemológico que resulte beneficioso en el área.Palabras clave: Simulaciones de sistemas sociales, Positivismo, Interpretativismo, Constructivismo, Pluralismo epistemológico. AbstractIn the present work we will search for a refinement of some key epistemological perspectives for the construction of a methodological framework in the social systems simulations area. So, we will proceed to show the origin of some issues in the existent conceptualization (which exports a classic controversy of the social sciences) and its path through the information sciences as a precedent. There we will identify the consequences of such issues and will work in enlightening the conflictive notions in order to defend an epistemological pluralism which would result beneficial for this area.

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Ontologies in Modeling and Simulation: An Epistemological Perspective

Cited by 18 publications

References 56 publications

Augmented Reality : Reflections on its Contribution to Knowledge Formation

Augmented Reality : Reflections on its Contribution to Knowledge Formation

Why connecting theories together may not work: How to address complex paradigm-spanning questions

Refinando el marco epistemológico de las simulaciones de sistemas sociales

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