• First Steps Towards RAT: A Protocol for Documenting Data Use in the Agent-Based Modeling Process 

      Siebers, Peer-Olaf; Achter, Sebastian; Bernardo, Cristiane Palaretti; Borit, Melania; Chattoe-Brown, Edmund (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021)
      While there is a number of frameworks and protocols in Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) that support the documentation of different aspects of a simulation study, it is surprising to find only a small number dealing with the handling of data. Here we present the results of discussions we had on the topic at the Lorentz Center workshop on Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence using Social ...
    • How to conduct more systematic reviews of agent-based models and foster theory development - Taking stock and looking ahead 

      Achter, Sebastian; Borit, Melania; Cottineau, Clémentine; Polhill, J. Gareth; Radchuk, Viktoriia; Meyer, Matthias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-15)
      Agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly utilized in ecology and related fields, yet concerns persist regarding the lack of consideration for lessons learned from previous models. This study explores the potential of systematically conducted ABM reviews to contribute to cumulative science and theory development by synthesizing individual ABM findings more effectively. We are conducting a meta-review ...
    • RAT-RS: a reporting standard for improving the documentation of data use in agent-based modelling 

      Achter, Sebastian; Borit, Melania; Chattoe-Brown, Edmund; Siebers, Peer-Olaf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-30)
      This article describes and justifies a reporting standard to improve data use documentation in Agent-Based Modelling. Following the development of reporting standards for models themselves, empirical modelling has now developed to the point where these standards need to take equally effective account of data use (which previously has tended to be an afterthought to model description). It is ...