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Exploring foundations for using simulations in IS research
ISBN
978-1-62993-426-6
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-12-15
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
Simulation has been adopted in many disciplines as a means for understanding the behavior of a system by imitating it through an artificial object that exhibits a nearly identical behavior. Although simulation approaches have been widely adopted for theory building in disciplines such as engineering, computer science, management, and social sciences, their potential in the IS field is often overlooked. The aim of this paper is to understand how different simulation approaches are successfully used in IS research, thereby providing hypotheses that allow deriving methodological guidelines for subsequent studies. A survey of 69 pieces of IS research provides the grounding for defining a taxonomy of simulation approaches and for identifying possible application patterns linking simulation approaches to their theory contributions, research domains and information views.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2013
Publisher
Association for Information Systems
Publisher place
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Event Title
34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
Event Location
Milano, Italy
Event Date
15.-08.12.2013
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
228137