模拟模型如何表征实在——基于功能性实现关系的解释

Simulation Model Representing Reality—An Explanation Based on Functionality Realization

模拟模型作为计算机模拟方法的基础,以内核模块和整合模块为主。因其结构独特,导致人们理解其表征关系的本质时面临着内在多重表征与语义学关联缺失的挑战。许多常见的表征理论均不足以解释模拟模型中的表征关系,有必要对科学表征概念背后的基本预设进行反思。通过引入功能性实现概念而提出的一种新解释,可以更好地把握模拟实践中的灵活性与复杂性,并在一定程度上避免上述挑战。模拟模型中的表征关系可以被刻画为模型自身、模拟输出与目标系统之间的一种三元关系。

The simulation model as the basis of computer simulation method is mainly composed of kernel modules and integration modules.The unique structure of the model results in two novel challenges for people to comprehend the nature of the representational relationships:intrinsic multiple representations and the absence of semantic correlations.Many prevailing representation theories prove insufficient in interpreting these relationships in simulation models,thereby prompting us to reflect on the presupposition behind the concept of scientific representation.This research proposes a new explanation by introducing the concept of functionality realization,which helps people understand the flexibility and complexity in simulation practices and avoid the above challenges.We can understand the representational relationship in the simulation model as a ternary relationship between the model,the simulation output,and the target system.