A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Grimm, Volker ^a   Berger, Uta ^b   Bastiansen, Finn ^a   Eliassen, Sigrunn ^c   Ginot, Vincent ^d   Giske, Jarl ^c   Goss Custard, John ^e   Grand, Tamara ^f   Heinz, Simone K ^c   Huse, Geir ^g   Huth, Andreas ^a   Jepsen, Jane U ^a   Jørgensen, Christian ^c   Mooij, Wolf M ^h   Müller, Birgit ^a   Pe'er, Guy ⁱ   Piou, Cyril ^b   Railsback, Steven F ^j   Robbins, Andrew M ^k   Robbins, Martha M ^k   Rossmanith, Eva ^l   Rüger, Nadja ^a   Strand, Espen ^c   Souissi, Sami ^m   Stillman, Richard A ^e   Vabø, Rune ^g   Visser, Ute ^a   DeAngelis, Donald L ⁿ   more..

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f Institute of Marine Research ^*  (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^j Railsback and Associates   (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^m UNIV LILLE   (France)

ⁿ Department of Biology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Agent based model; Individual based model; Model description; Scientific communication; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; STANDARDIZATION;

AGENT BASED MODEL; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; MODEL DESCRIPTION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

ECOLOGY; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748151495     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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