?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+Descriptive+Model+of+Agent+Strategy+Search&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+B.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=It+is+argued+that+due+to+the+complexity+of+most+economic+phenomena%2C+the+chances+of+deriving+correct+models+from+a+priori+principles+are+small.+Instead+are+more+descriptive+approach+to+modelling+should+be+pursued.+Agent-based+modelling+is+characterised+as+a+step+in+this+direction.+However+many+agent-based+models+use+off-the-shelf+algorithms+from+computer+science+without+regard+to+their+descriptive+accuracy.+This+paper+attempts+an+agent+model+that+describes+the+behaviour+of+subjects+reported+by+Joep+Sonnemans+as+accurately+as+possible.+It+takes+a+structure+that+is+compatible+with+current+thinking+cognitive+science+and+explores+the+nature+of+the+agent+processes+that+then+match+the+behaviour+of+the+subjects.+This+suggests+further+modelling+improvements+and+experiments.&rft.date=1999-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F840%2F3%2Ftdmass.pdf&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+B.++(1999)+Towards+a+Descriptive+Model+of+Agent+Strategy+Search.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F840%2F