A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
| Autor: | Donald L. DeAngelis, Sami Souissi, Tamara C. Grand, John D. Goss-Custard, Nadja Rüger, Jarl Giske, Espen Strand, Steven F. Railsback, Andreas Huth, Vincent Ginot, Birgit Müller, Eva Rossmanith, Guy Pe'er, Wolf M. Mooij, Christian Jorgensen, Sigrunn Eliassen, Andrew M. Robbins, Finn Bastiansen, Cyril Piou, Geir Huse, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Simone K. Heinz, Uta Berger, Rune Vabø, Ute Visser, Martha M. Robbins, Richard A. Stillman, Volker Grimm |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), University of Bremen, University of Bergen (UiB), Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux (BioSP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Biology, University of Washington [Seattle], Winfrith Technology Centre, Independent, Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Lang, Railsback & Associates, Partenaires INRAE, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig], Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Université des Sciences et Technologies (Lille 1) (USTL), University of Miami, University of Miami [Coral Gables], Aquatic Ecology (AqE) |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Agent-based model INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Standardization Computer science Process (engineering) business.industry Ecological Modeling Ecology (disciplines) AGENT BASED MODEL Initialization 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology IBM Software engineering business Protocol (object-oriented programming) ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Pattern-oriented modeling |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Modelling Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, 2006, 198 (1-2), pp.115-126. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023⟩ Ecological Modelling, 198(1-2), 115-126. Elsevier B.V. |
| ISSN: | 0304-3800 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023 |
| Popis: | Simulation models that describe autonomous individual organisms (individual based models, IBM) or agents (agent-based models, ABM) have become a widely used tool, not only in ecology, but also in many other disciplines dealing with complex systems made up of autonomous entities. However, there is no standard protocol for describing such simulation models, which can make them difficult to understand and to duplicate. This paper presents a proposed standard protocol, ODD, for describing IBMs and ABMs, developed and tested by 28 modellers who cover a wide range of fields within ecology. This protocol consists of three blocks (Overview, Design concepts, and Details), which are subdivided into seven elements: Purpose, State variables and scales, Process overview and scheduling, Design concepts, Initialization, Input, and Submodels. We explain which aspects of a model should be described in each element, and we present an example to illustrate the protocol in use. In addition, 19 examples are available in an Online Appendix. We consider ODD as a first step for establishing a more detailed common format of the description of IBMs and ABMs. Once initiated, the protocol will hopefully evolve as it becomes used by a sufficiently large proportion of modellers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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