TY - JOUR
T1 - A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
AU - Grimm, V.
AU - Berger, U.
AU - Bastiansen, F.
AU - Eliassen, S.
AU - Ginot, V.
AU - Giske, J.
AU - Goss-Custard, J.
AU - Grand, T.
AU - Heinz, S.K.
AU - Huse, G.
AU - Huth, A.
AU - Jepsen, J.U.
AU - Jørgensen, C.
AU - Mooij, W.M.
AU - Müller, B.
AU - Pe’er, G.
AU - Piou, C.
AU - Railsback, S.F.
AU - Robbins, A.M.
AU - Robbins, M.M.
AU - Rossmanith, E.
AU - Rüger, N.
AU - Strand, E.
AU - Souissi, S.
AU - Stillman, R.A.
AU - Vabø, R.
AU - Visser, U.
AU - DeAngelis, D.L.
N1 - Reporting year: 2006
Metis note: 3905; CL; AFW ; AqE file:///L:/Endnotedatabases/NIOOPUB/pdfs/Pdfs2006/Grimm_ea_3905.pdf
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
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.
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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.023
M3 - Article
VL - 198
SP - 115
EP - 126
JO - Ecological Modelling
JF - Ecological Modelling
SN - 0304-3800
IS - 1-2
ER -