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Some costs and consequences of large‐scale social systems modeling
Author(s) -
Brewer Garry D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830280208
Subject(s) - constructive , scale (ratio) , politics , risk analysis (engineering) , management science , computer science , economics , business , political science , process (computing) , law , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
Large‐scale models have very important theoretical, technical, ethical, and political costs and consequences that are often not recognized, and when recognized, often ignored. These costs and consequences prevent large‐scale models from playing a constructive role in policy processes and retard the development of a more useful large‐scale modeling activity. This essay discusses some of these costs and consequences and recommends their explicit recognition and acknowledgments as the first steps for improvement.