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The agency role of simulation models in model-building groups
Journal of the Operational Research Society ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-21 , DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2021.1929527
Maria Kapsali 1 , Steffen Bayer 2 , Sally Brailsford 2 , Timothy Bolt 3
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Abstract

Simulation models, in particular System Dynamics (SD) models, can be used in a group modelling setting to communicate, integrate, learn, collaborate, organize knowledge and derive new insights. Such models can play the roles of conceptual integrators, representations, learning or predictive tools. In this ethnographic study of two in-depth SD group modelling projects we discovered that SD models can be active agents in the group-model building process by initiating cognitive transition on participants’ (model and case based) modes of reasoning. We found that the cognitive transition was achieved through a series of surprises or shocks that refuted participants’ prior conceptions and forced them to switch between case-based and model-based reasoning during the model-building process. Based on these insights, we present a framework that describes how simulation models change the mode of reasoning in group modelling project and explains the model’s agency role. The study addresses the calls from earlier OR articles to contribute with more case studies using an ethnographic method looking into simulation artefact agency.



中文翻译:

模拟模型在模型构建组中的代理作用

摘要

仿真模型,特别是系统动力学 (SD) 模型,可用于组建模环境中,以进行交流、集成、学习、协作、组织知识并获得新见解。这样的模型可以扮演概念整合者、表示、学习或预测工具的角色。在这项对两个深入的 SD 小组建模项目的民族志研究中,我们发现 SD 模型可以通过启动参与者(基于模型和案例)推理模式的认知转变,成为小组模型构建过程中的主动代理。我们发现,认知转变是通过一系列的惊喜或冲击来实现的,这些惊喜或冲击驳斥了参与者先前的概念,并迫使他们在模型构建过程中在基于案例的推理和基于模型的推理之间切换。基于这些见解,我们提出了一个框架,描述了模拟模型如何改变群体建模项目中的推理模式,并解释了模型的代理角色。该研究解决了早期 OR 文章的呼吁,以使用人种学方法调查模拟人工制品机构,为更多案例研究做出贡献。

更新日期:2021-06-21
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