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Title:

How Many Parameters To Model States Of Mind?

Authors:

Krysztof Kulakowski, Piotr Gronek, Antoni Dydejczyk

Published in:

 

(2013).ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H. Zhang  European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013

 

ISBN: 978-0-9564944-6-7

 

27th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Aalesund, Norway, May 27th – 30th, 2013

 

Citation format:

Krysztof Kulakowski, Piotr Gronek, Antoni Dydejczyk (2013). How Many Parameters To Model States Of Mind?, ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H. Zhang, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013-0895

 

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2013-0895

Abstract:

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.

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