Ontology, Epistemology, and Teleology for Modeling and Simulation Philosophical Foundations for Intelligent M&S Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tolk, Andreas. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 44
• Subjects: Engineering.; Genetic epistemology.; Technology > Philosophy.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Epistemology.; Philosophy of Technology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31140-6

In this book, internationally recognized experts in philosophy of science, computer science, and modeling and simulation are contributing to the discussion on how ontology, epistemology, and teleology will contribute to enable the next generation of intelligent modeling and simulation applications....

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Truth, Trust, and Turing  Constraints for Modeling and Simulation
• Guidelines for Developing Ontological Architectures in Modeling and Simulation
• Ontologies in Modeling and Simulation: An Epistemological Perspective
• Ontological Implications of Modeling and Simulation in Postmodernity
• Models as Partial Explanations
• Theory Reconstruction of Several Versions of Modern Organization Theories
• Cutting Back Models and Simulations
• Philosophical Aspects of Modeling and Simulation
• Philosophical and Theoretic Underpinnings of Simulation Visualization Rhetoric and their Practical Implications.