"Anarchy" Reigns: A Quantitative Analysis of Agent-Based Modelling Publication Practices in JASSS, 2001-2012
"Anarchy" Reigns: A Quantitative Analysis of Agent-Based Modelling Publication Practices in JASSS, 2001-2012
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DOI：
10.18564/jasss.2952
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发表时间：
2015-10-31
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz
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作者：
Angus, Simon D.;Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz
基于主体的建模（ABM），一个有前途的科学工具集，受到了一些人的批评，部分原因是由于声称缺乏科学严谨性，特别是在其方法和结果的沟通。为了验证这些说法的真实性，我们对2001年至2012年期间发表在《人工社会与社会模拟杂志》（JASSS）上的128篇ABM论文中的900多个科学对象（图、表或方程）进行了结构化分析。令人遗憾的是，我们发现有相当多的证据支持反弹道导弹作为一项科学事业的批评者：基本的绘图属性往往被遗漏;基本信息，如重复的数量或特定统计数据背后的基础，没有包括在内;很少，如果有的话，既定的方法学沟通标准是显而易见的。简而言之，“无政府统治”。虽然这项研究仅限于ABM论文的JASSS，我们的结论是，如果ABM社区希望其方法被接受更远的地方，作者，审稿人和编辑应该把我们的工作作为一个警钟的结果。
Agent Based Modelling (ABM), a promising scientific toolset, has received criticism from some, in part, due to a claimed lack of scientific rigour, especially in the communication of its methods and results. To test the veracity of these claims, we conduct a structured analysis of over 900 scientific objects (figures, tables, or equations) that arose from 128 ABM papers published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), during the period 2001 to 2012 inclusive. Regrettably, we find considerable evidence in support of the detractors of ABM as a scientific enterprise: elementary plotting attributes are left off more often than not; basic information such as the number of replicates or the basis behind a particular statistic are not included; and few, if any, established methodological communication standards are apparent. In short, 'anarchy reigns'. Whilst the study was confined only to ABM papers of JASSS, we conclude that if the ABM community wishes its approach to be accepted further afield, authors, reviewers, and editors should take the results of our work as a wake-up call.