Artikel

The complexities of agent-based modeling output analysis

The proliferation of agent-based models (ABMs) in recent decades has motivated model practitioners to improve the transparency, replicability, and trust in results derived from ABMs. The complexity of ABMs has risen in stride with advances in computing power and resources, resulting in larger models with complex interactions and learning and whose outputs are often high-dimensional and require sophisticated analytical approaches. Similarly, the increasing use of data and dynamics in ABMs has further enhanced the complexity of their outputs. In this article, we offer an overview of the state-of-the-art approaches in analyzing and reporting ABM outputs highlighting challenges and outstanding issues. In particular, we examine issues surrounding variance stability (in connection with determination of appropriate number of runs and hypothesis testing), sensitivity analysis, spatio-temporal analysis, visualization, and effective communication of all these to non-technical audiences, such as various stakeholders.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation ; ISSN: 1460-7425 ; Volume: 18 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 4 ; Guildford: University of Surrey

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
agent-based modeling
methodologies
statistical test
sensitivity analysis
spatio-temporal heterogeneity
visualization

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lee, Ju-Sung
Filatova, Tatiana
Ligmann-Zielinska, Arika
Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz
Stonedahl, Forrest
Lorscheid, Iris
Voinov, Alexey
Polhill, J. Gareth
Sun, Zhanli
Parker, Dawn C.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Surrey
(where)
Guildford
(when)
2015

DOI
doi:10.18564/jasss.2897
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  • Artikel

Associated

  • Lee, Ju-Sung
  • Filatova, Tatiana
  • Ligmann-Zielinska, Arika
  • Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz
  • Stonedahl, Forrest
  • Lorscheid, Iris
  • Voinov, Alexey
  • Polhill, J. Gareth
  • Sun, Zhanli
  • Parker, Dawn C.
  • University of Surrey

Time of origin

  • 2015

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