期刊名称:Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN:1460-7425
出版年度:2015
卷号:18
期号:1
页码:1-4
DOI:10.18564/jasss.2762
出版社:University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要:This is an introduction to the special section of JASSS on the above topic. It argues for the importance of qualitative evidence in social science, and particularly in the specification of agent-based models. It ends by suggesting some criteria for judging methods for using qualitative evidence for this purpose.