A CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR MODELLING AND SIMULATIONT†
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems
- Vol. 1 (4), 213-228
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03081077408960781
Abstract
A conceptual framework for modelling and simulation is proposed. It is based upon a hierarchy of system level descriptions in which higher level descriptions are inferred from lower level ones with the help of a priori assumptions. Two common modes of knowledge acquisition, the “discovery” and the “postulational” approaches are analyzed within the proposed framework.Keywords
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