Affiliation:
1. Navy Personnel Research and Development Center
2. Electronic Data Systems
Abstract
This article discloses and considers (1) the various advantages which accrue from employing computer simulation methodology to examine social systems; (2) the disadvantages and potential pitfalls encountered in the utilization of computer simulation techniques; and (3) the feasibility of using microcomputers to simulate social systems by discussing some hardware and software as well as selection considerations the researcher should weigh before choosing a microprocessor-based system.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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