Windrum et al. 2007 / Grimm et al. 2005

Agent-based model validation and equifinality. Windrum, P., Fagiolo, G., and Moneta, A. (2007). JASSS 10(2):8; Grimm, V., et al. (2005). Science 310, 987–991.

Relationship to this project — Equifinality analogy

Matching one aggregate pattern does not establish the generative mechanism; multiple patterns constrain equifinal models. One concise analogy for why marginal checks under-identify the panel's microstructure.