@article{Grimm2006,
Title = {A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models},
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 Jørgensen, Christian and Mooij, Wolf M. and Müller, Birgit and Pe’er, Guy and Piou, Cyril and Railsback, Steven F. and Robbins, Andrew M. and Robbins, Martha M. and Rossmanith, Eva and Rüger, Nadja and Strand, Espen and Souissi, Sami and Stillman, Richard A. and Vabø, Rune and Visser, Ute and DeAngelis, Donald L.},
Editor = {},
Year = {2006},
Pages = {115-126},
Volume = {198},
Doi = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023},
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.},
}
TY - JOUR
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 K.
AU - Huse, Geir
AU - Huth, Andreas
AU - Jepsen, Jane U.
AU - Jørgensen, Christian
AU - Mooij, Wolf M.
AU - Müller, Birgit
AU - Pe’er, Guy
AU - Piou, Cyril
AU - Railsback, Steven F.
AU - Robbins, Andrew M.
AU - Robbins, Martha M.
AU - Rossmanith, Eva
AU - Rüger, Nadja
AU - Strand, Espen
AU - Souissi, Sami
AU - Stillman, Richard A.
AU - Vabø, Rune
AU - Visser, Ute
AU - DeAngelis, Donald L.
TI - A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
PY - 2006
SP - 115-126
VL - 198
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023
AB - 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.
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