Standardised and transparent model descriptions for agent-based models: Current status and prospects

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  Müller, Birgit ^a   Balbi, Stefano ^b   Buchmann, Carsten M ^a   de Sousa, Luís ^c   Dressler, Gunnar ^a   Groeneveld, Jürgen ^a,d   Klassert, Christian J ^a   Le, Quang Bao ^e   Millington, James D A ^f   Nolzen, Henning ^a   Parker, Dawn C ^g   Polhill, J Gary ^h   Schlüter, Maja ⁱ   Schulze, Jule ^a   Schwarz, Nina ^a   Sun, Zhanli ^j   Taillandier, Patrick ^k   Weise, Hanna ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

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Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Domain specific languages; Graphical representations; Model communication; Model comparison; Model design; Model development; Model replication; Standardised protocols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MODELING LANGUAGES; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL DESIGN; MODEL DEVELOPMENT;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODEL VALIDATION;

EID: 84893873563     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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