A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023
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发表时间：
2006-09-15
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3.1
通讯作者：
DeAngelis, Donald L.
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作者：
Grimm, Volker;Berger, Uta;DeAngelis, Donald L.
描述自主个体生物（基于个体的模型，IBM）或代理（基于代理的模型，ABM）的模拟模型已经成为一种广泛使用的工具，不仅在生态学中，而且在许多其他学科处理由自主实体组成的复杂系统。然而，没有标准的协议来描述这种模拟模型，这可能使它们难以理解和复制。本文提出了一个建议的标准协议，ODD，用于描述IBM和ABM，开发和测试的28个建模谁涵盖了广泛的生态学领域。该协议由三个模块（概述、设计概念和详细信息）组成，这些模块又细分为七个元素：目的、状态变量和规模、过程概述和调度、设计概念、可扩展性、输入和子模型。我们解释了模型的哪些方面应该在每个元素中描述，我们提出了一个例子来说明使用的协议。此外，在线附录中还提供了19个示例。我们认为ODD是建立IBM和ABM描述的更详细的通用格式的第一步。一旦启动，该协议将有望发展，因为它成为使用足够大的比例建模。(c)2006 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
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. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.