Computer-Assisted Theory Building

Download or read book Computer-Assisted Theory Building written by Robert Hanneman and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a new set of tools for creating and analysing theories. Computer-Assisted Theory Building re-orients the way many social scientists build and work with theories -- and it will prove of value to all practising social science theorists. Because verbal formulations are insufficiently specific and mathematical formulations often too restrictive, the author proposes a new formal language as a middle way, advocating computer simulation models to allow the formulation of more dynamic theories.