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ELEMENTS OF A DOCUMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR AGENT-BASED SIMULATION MODELS 

Authors: Cornelia Triebig a; Franziska Kluumlgl b
Affiliations:   a Department for Artificial Intelligence, University of Wuumlrzburg, Wuumlrzburg, Germany
b Modeling and Simulation Research Center, Oumlrebro University, Oumlrebro, Sweden
DOI: 10.1080/01969720902922459
Publication Frequency: 8 issues per year
Published in: journal Cybernetics and Systems, Volume 40, Issue 5 July 2009 , pages 441 - 474
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Abstract

Sufficient and appropriate documentation of a simulation model forms an essential prerequisite for quality assessment as well as for activities of maintenance, reuse, or reproduction of the model and its results. This is true for every simulation paradigm. However, in particular for agent-based simulations with their high degree of freedom in design, their usually complex behavior and interactions, their high level of detail and heterogeneity, etc., documentation becomes indispensable, and also problematic. This article contributes to general advancement of the methodological basis of agent-based simulations by presenting a structured way of documenting agent-based simulation models. We propose a documentation framework that consists of six different categories of model information: metadata, informal model characterization, model contents, expected simulation behavior, experimental frame, and passed tests.
Keywords: Agent-based simulation; Documentation; Methodology
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