How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation
cg.contact | christian.troost@uni-hohenheim.de | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - ETH Zurich | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies - IAMO | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | The James Hutton Institute - JHI | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Boston University, Earth & Environment - BU - E&E | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute) | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | University of Hohenheim - UHOH | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Research Institute for Knowledge Systems - RIKS | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Delft University of Technology - TU Delft | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Thünen Institute, Institute of Forestry - Thünen-WF | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDC | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | Resilient Agrifood Systems - RAFS | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF | en_US |
cg.contributor.initiative | Mixed Farming Systems | en_US |
cg.contributor.project-lead-institute | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | AT | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | DE | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | NL | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | CH | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | TN | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | GB | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Europe | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Northern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Northern Europe | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Le, Quang Bao: 0000-0001-8514-1088 | en_US |
cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105559 | en_US |
cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en_US |
cg.issn | 1364-8152 | en_US |
cg.journal | Environmental Modelling and Software | en_US |
cg.subject.actionArea | Resilient Agrifood Systems | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | agent-based models | en_US |
cg.subject.impactArea | Nutrition, health and food security | en_US |
cg.subject.impactArea | Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs | en_US |
cg.subject.sdg | SDG 1 - No poverty | en_US |
cg.subject.sdg | SDG 2 - Zero hunger | en_US |
cg.subject.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on land | en_US |
cg.volume | 159 | en_US |
dc.contributor | Huber, Robert | en_US |
dc.contributor | Bell, Andrew | en_US |
dc.contributor | Delden, Hedwig | en_US |
dc.contributor | Filatova, Tatiana | en_US |
dc.contributor | Le, Quang Bao | en_US |
dc.contributor | Lippe, Melvin | en_US |
dc.contributor | Niamir, Leila | en_US |
dc.contributor | Polhill, Gareth | en_US |
dc.contributor | Sun, Zhanli | en_US |
dc.contributor | Berger, Thomas | en_US |
dc.creator | Troost, Christian | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-21T16:36:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-21T16:36:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | There has so far been no shared understanding of validity in agent-based simulation. We here conceptualise validation as systematically substantiating the premises on which conclusions from simulation analysis for a particular modelling context are built. Given such a systematic perspective, validity of agent-based models cannot be ensured if validation is merely understood as an isolated step in the modelling process. Rather, valid conclusions from simulation analysis require context-adequate method choices at all steps of the simulation analysis including model construction, model and parameter inference, uncertainty analysis and simulation. We present a twelve-step protocol to highlight the (often hidden) premises for methodological choices and their link to the modelling context. It is designed to aid modelers in understanding their context and in choosing and documenting context-adequate and mutually consistent methods throughout the modelling process. Its purpose is to assist reviewers and the community as a whole in assessing and discussing context-adequacy. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/ebcee4b45f361a16e9a4906731c33e5f/v/ebc92a4f4f44f6fe800973b0cf27276e | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Troost, C. Huber, R. Bell, A. R. van Delden, H. Filatova, T. Le, Q. B. Lippe, M. Niamir, L. Polhill, J. G. Sun, Z. Berger, T. 2023. How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation. Environmental Modelling & Software 159, 105559. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105559 | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/68795 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier (12 months) | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-4.0 | en_US |
dc.source | Environmental Modelling and Software;159,(2022) Pagination 1-21 | en_US |
dc.subject | calibration model | en_US |
dc.subject | model validation | en_US |
dc.subject | model interface | en_US |
dc.subject | generalization | en_US |
dc.subject | regime shift | en_US |
dc.title | How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2022-11-01 | en_US |
dcterms.extent | 1-21 | en_US |
dcterms.issued | 2023-01-31 | en_US |
mel.impact-factor | 4.9 | en_US |