creators_name: Greco, Alberto editors_name: Gimignano, S. type: confpaper datestamp: 1998-04-27 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:47 metadata_visibility: show title: Heuristic value of simulation models in psychology ispublished: pub subjects: phil-epist full_text_status: public abstract: Starting from some remarks about the use of models in psychology, Human Information Processing (henceforth called H.I.P.) models which sometimes use computer simulation will be examined. An attempt to show that simulation in psychology does not necessarily imply an H.I.P. approach is then made. date: 1983 date_type: published pagerange: 299-303 refereed: FALSE citation: Greco, Alberto (1983) Heuristic value of simulation models in psychology. [Conference Paper] document_url: http://cogprints.org/285/1/HEURIST.HTM