Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling by Eric Silverman

Author:Eric Silverman
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

6.4 The Legacy of Levins

6.4.1 The 3 Types: A Useful Hierarchy?

As discussed at length in Chap. 4, the Levinsian framework for modelling in population biology appears generally useful for ALife modelling endeavours. After all, Levins seemed intent upon creating a pragmatic framework for constructing biological models, and since ALife often falls within that remit his ideas remain relevant. However, the extended framework developed from Levins in Chap. 4 seems perhaps more useful within the context of artificial life.

With Braitenberg’s Law in mind, the concept of a tractability ceiling placed on ALife seems appropriate, if vexing. With ALife systems spanning an enormous variety of biological phenomena, often incorporating versions of vast and complex biological mechanisms such as evolution, the question of analysis becomes of paramount importance. While we may comfortably classify ALife models within Levins’ three types with relatively little difficulty, we remain uncertain how analysable those models will prove to be with only that classification in mind.

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