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Science article on Agent based modeling for pattern formation

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Posted by: Jason Cawley

The November 11 issue of Science has a review article on using observed data patterns in multiple aspects to distinguish the right sort of CA or agent based model to use. Basically additional aspects of patterning in the data can be used to "tune" the level of complexity or detail in a model, to recover the patterns seen. They give examples from a variety of fields but ecology is foremost. I thought it might be of interest.

The article is entitled -

Pattern-Oriented Modeling of Agent-Based Complex Systems: Lessons from Ecology

It is a large group - Volker Grimm, Eloy Revella, Uta Berger, Florian Jeltsch, Wolf M. Mooij, Steven F. Railsback, Hans-Hermann Thulke, Jacob Weiner, Thorsten Wiegand, and Donald L. DeAngelis.

Here is their abstract -

Agent based complex systems are dynamic networks of many interacting agents; examples include ecosystems, financial markets, and cities. The search for general principles underlying the internal organization of such systems often uses bottom-up simulation models such as cellular automata and agent-based models. No general framework for designing, testing, and analyzing bottom-up models has yet been established, but recent advances in ecological modeling have come together in a general strategy we call pattern-oriented modeling. This strategy provides a unifying framework for decoding the internal organization of agent-based complex systems and may lead toward unifying algorithmic theories of the relation between adaptive behavior and system complexity.

For those with Science subscriptions, you can find the article online from here -

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conte...ct/310/5750/987




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