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dc.contributor.authorTownsley, M
dc.contributor.authorBirks, DJ
dc.contributor.editorDavid Weisburd
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:54:21Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:54:21Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2012-08-07T23:24:44Z
dc.identifier.issn1573-3750
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11292-008-9054-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/25729
dc.description.abstractComputer simulation models have changed the ways in which researchers are able to observe and study social phenomena such as crime. The ability of researchers to replicate the work of others is fundamental to a cumulative science, yet this rarely occurs in computer simulations. In this paper, we argue that, for computer simulations to be seen as a legitimate methodology in social science, and for new knowledge to be generated, serious consideration needs to be given to how simulations could or should be replicated. We develop the concept of systematic replication, a method for developing simulation experiments that move towards a generalisable inference that is directed, explicit, and incorporates complexity incrementally. Finally, we outline how the discrete parts of this process might be carried out in practice, using a simple simulation model.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom309
dc.relation.ispartofpageto333
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Experimental Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode469999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.titleBuilding Better Crime Simulations: Systematic replication and the introduction of incremental complexity
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Experimental Criminology, Vol. 4(3), pp. 309-333, 2008. Journal of Experimental Criminology is available online at: http://www.springerlink.com/ with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.


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