How Abstraction, Formalization and Implementation Drive the Next Stage in Modeling and Simulation

The progression of abstraction, formalization, and implementation have played a critical role in advancing the theory and practice of modeling and simulation. In this chapter, we first review the historical record to illustrate how this progression characterizes the pattern of development of both the precursors, and the essence, of discrete event simulation. Then we review Judea Pearl’s Ladder of Causation to put it into correspondence with the levels of specification of systems theory. This provides the basis for discussion of potential automation of some of the activities of the M&S enterprise with the help of causal inference methods from artificial intelligence.

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