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Bulletin of Sociological Methodology 106, 1 (2010) 59-74

An ethnographic seduction: How qualitative research and agent-based models can benefit each other

Paola Tubaro (  Auteur correspondant ) 1, Antonio A. Casilli 2, 3

(2010)

A general analytical framework for empirically informed agent-based simulations. We believe that this methodology provides present-day agent-based models with a sound and proper insight as to the behavior of social agents - an insight that statistical data often fall short of providing at least at a micro level and for hidden and sensitive populations. In the other direction, simulations can provide qualitative researchers in sociology, anthropology and other fields with valuable tools for : (a) testing the consistency and pushing the boundaries, of specific theoretical frameworks ; (b) replicating and generalizing results ; (c) providing a platform for cross-disciplinary validation of results. Key Words : agent-based models, ethnography, qualitative data, transdisciplinarity.

1 :	University of Greenwich, Business School (UoG)
	University of Greenwich
2 :	Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information [Paris] (LTCI)
	Télécom ParisTech – CNRS : UMR5141
3 :	Centre Edgar Morin/Equipe IIAC (CEM-IIAC)
	École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS] – CNRS : UMR8177

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Mots Clés : Agent-based Models – Ethnography – QuaIitative Data – TransdiscipIinarity

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