2. “Explanatory” Simulations

• Criteria for explanatory Computer Simulations

• Empirical Adequacy

• • • All causally relevant factors must be represented in the Computer Simulation

• Stability (or Robustness)

• • • The simulation results must be stable within the range of measurement inaccuracies of the input parameters

• Descriptive Appropriateness or Non Triviality

• • • All important aspects of the empirical process should be reflected in the simulation