Refounding of the activity concept? Towards a federative paradigm for modeling and simulation

  • Authors:
  • Alexandre Muzy;Franck Varenne;Bernard P Zeigler;Jonathan Caux;Patrick Coquillard;Luc Touraille;Dominique Prunetti;Philippe Caillou;Olivier Michel;David Rc Hill

  • Affiliations:
  • LISA UMR CNRS 6240, Università di Corsica, Pasquale Paoli, Corti, France;GEMASS UMR CNRS 8598 (Paris Sorbonne), Université de Rouen, UFR LSH, Département de Philosophie, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France;ACIMS (Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubiere Cedex, France;Écologie Comportementale et Moléculaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR CNRS-INRA-UNSA 6243, Sophia-Antipolis, France;LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubiere Cedex, France;LISA UMR CNRS 6240, Università di Corsica, Pasquale Paoli, Corti, France;Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI), INRIA - TAO Project, Université Paris Sud XI, IUT de Sceaux, Paris, France;LACL, Bât P2 - 240, Université Paris-Est Créteil, UFR de Sciences et Technologies, Créteil Cedex, France;Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6158, Isima/Limos, Aubiere, France

  • Venue:
  • Simulation
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Currently, the widely used notion of activity is increasingly present in computer science. However, because this notion is used in specific contexts, it becomes vague. Here, the notion of activity is scrutinized in various contexts and, accordingly, put in perspective. It is discussed through four scientific disciplines: computer science, biology, economics, and epistemology. The definition of activity usually used in simulation is extended to new qualitative and quantitative definitions. In computer science, biology and economics disciplines, the new simulation activity definition is first applied critically. Then, activity is discussed generally. In epistemology, activity is discussed, in a prospective way, as a possible framework in models of human beliefs and knowledge.