Verification of a model as a scientific tool of operations research : a methodological approach

• Autorzy: Radosiński E. , Radosiński Ł.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5277/ord180304

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of the research presented in this paper was to solve one of the fundamental problems of modelling and simulation, i.e., verification of a model as a scientific tool of operations research. To attack this problem, certain crucial issues in the philosophy of science (the demarcation problem, the principle of verifiability) must be redefined. In discussing the question of verification, a procedure (the so called RAD-VER procedure) for verifying a model of a microeconomic system, in our case – a firm, is formulated. It is assumed that verification is a ceaseless process of evaluating a model’s scientificity from the standpoints of deductive reasoning, coherency and empiricism. Verification has been divided into two stages: the verification of the assumptions underlying the model of a firm and the verification of the simulator.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

validation of OR computations; scientific tools of operations research; verification

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Operations Research and Decisions
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 28, No. 3
• Strony: 45--62
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 49 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Radosiński E.

• Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Łukasiewicza 5, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Radosiński Ł.

• Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Norwida 4/6, 50-373 Wrocław

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).