?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Artificial+Science%0A%E2%80%93+a+simulation+test-bed+for+studying+the+social+processes+of+science&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+Bruce&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=it+is+likely+that+there+are+many+different+social+processes+occurring+in+different+parts+of+science+and+at+different+times%2C+and+that+these+processes+will+impact+upon+the+nature%2C+quality+and+quantity+of+the+knowledge+that+is+produced+in+a+multitude+of+ways+and+to+different+extents.++It+seems+clear+to+me+that+sometimes+the+social+processes+act+to+increase+the+reliability+of+knowledge+(such+as+when+there+is+a+tradition+of+independently+reproducing+experiments)+but+sometimes+does+the+opposite+(when+a+closed+clique+act+to+perpetuate+itself+by+reducing+opportunity+for+criticism).+Simulation+can+perform+a+valuable+role+here+by+providing+and+refining+possible+linkages+between+the+kinds+of+social+processes+and+its+results+in+terms+of+knowledge.++Earlier+simulations+of+this+sort+include+Gilbert+et+al.+in+%5B10%5D.++The+simulation+described+herein+aims+to+progress+this+work+with+a+more+structural+and+descriptive+approach%2C+that+relates+what+is+done+by+individuals+and+journals+and+what+collectively+results+in+terms+of+the+overall+process.&rft.contributor=Edmonds%2C+Bruce&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4263%2F1%2Fartsci-col.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4263%2F2%2Fartsci.html&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+Bruce++(2004)+Artificial+Science+%E2%80%93+a+simulation+test-bed+for+studying+the+social+processes+of+science.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4263%2F