Roadblocks to Computational Modeling and Theory Development in Strategy — and a Potential Way Forward

So, readers that have been following my work consistently have noticed that I often describe my work as “computational modeling of strategy” or…

Computational Modeling of Strategy and Tactics: A Question, Problem, and Set of Literatures

As I’ve noted, finding linkages between the things I acquired substantive knowledge of and interest in as a BA and MA student and the things that I now am acquiring…

Roadblocks to Computational Modeling and Theory Development in Strategy II: Situating the Strategic Subject

As noted before, my intent in writing this blog series was to rapidly iterate through the various literature and questions I am exploring until I…

A Compressed Representation of Computational Strategy and its Problems

Now, I compress all of the former entries into this more basic summary of the problem I am tackling and the theoretical and methodological issues involved. If you want to see the entries that led up to this…

Some More Reflections on Journey So Far

I always make it a habit of keeping track of my own journey through academia and semi-professional life in blogs over the years. Tonight spurred me to reflect a bit more, specifically on a particular decision I made with rather momentous consequences.

Abstraction Traps

In scientific research, we can see several prominent types of traps concerning what level of analysis to bound a relevant system at both arising from a form of infinite regress. Assume a system of interest S. S has N relevant causal levels needed to successfully explain its behavior. How can we…

Programming vs. Understanding

In the US we can see two broad approaches to strategic thought after World War II.

First, the notion of strategy as a form of programming. This form of strategic thought deliberately blurred the lines between human and machine, simulation and reality…