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

@article{grimm06, abstract = {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.}, author = {Grimm, Volker and Berger, Uta and Bastiansen, Finn and Eliassen, Sigrunn and Ginot, Vincent and Giske, Jarl and Goss-Custard, John and Grand, Tamara and Heinz, Simone K. and Huse, Geir and Huth, Andreas and Jepsen, Jane U. and Jorgensen, Christian and Mooij, Wolf M. and Muller, Birgit and Pe'er, Guy and Piou, Cyril and Railsback, Steven F. and Robbins, Andrew M. and Robbins, Martha M. and Rossmanith, Eva and Ruger, Nadja and Strand, Espen and Souissi, Sami and Stillman, Richard A. and Vabo, Rune and Visser, Ute and Deangelis, Donald L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2285571}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023}, journal = {Ecological Modelling}, keywords = {abm, odd}, month = {September}, number = {1-2}, pages = {115--126}, posted-at = {2008-07-16 21:12:22}, priority = {2}, title = {A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023}, volume = {198}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - grimm06 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2285571 TI - A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models JF - Ecological Modelling VL - 198 IS - 1-2 SP - 115 EP - 126 N2 - 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. KW - abm KW - odd AU - Grimm, Volker AU - Berger, Uta AU - Bastiansen, Finn AU - Eliassen, Sigrunn AU - Ginot, Vincent AU - Giske, Jarl AU - Goss-Custard, John AU - Grand, Tamara AU - Heinz, Simone AU - Huse, Geir AU - Huth, Andreas AU - Jepsen, Jane AU - Jorgensen, Christian AU - Mooij, Wolf AU - Muller, Birgit AU - Pe'er, Guy AU - Piou, Cyril AU - Railsback, Steven AU - Robbins, Andrew AU - Robbins, Martha AU - Rossmanith, Eva AU - Ruger, Nadja AU - Strand, Espen AU - Souissi, Sami AU - Stillman, Richard AU - Vabo, Rune AU - Visser, Ute AU - Deangelis, Donald PY - 2006/09/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023 ER -