A Semantic Grid Service for Experimentation with an Agent-Based Model of Land-Use Change

J. Gareth Polhill (), Edoardo Pignotti (), Nicholas M. Gotts (), Pete Edwards () and Alun Preece ()
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J. Gareth Polhill: https://www.hutton.ac.uk/people/gary-polhill/
Edoardo Pignotti: http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~epignott/
Nicholas M. Gotts: http://nickgotts.weebly.com
Pete Edwards: http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~pedwards
Alun Preece: http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~apreece/

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2007, vol. 10, issue 2, 2

Abstract: Agent-based models, perhaps more than other models, feature large numbers of parameters and potentially generate vast quantities of results data. This paper shows through the FEARLUS-G project (an ESRC e-Social Science Initiative Pilot Demonstrator Project) how deploying an agent-based model on the Semantic Grid facilitates international collaboration on investigations using such a model, and contributes to establishing rigorous working practices with agent-based models as part of good science in social simulation. The experimental workflow is described explicitly using an ontology, and a Semantic Grid service with a web interface implements the workflow. Users are able to compare their parameter settings and results, and relate their work with the model to wider scientific debate.

Keywords: Agent-Based Social Simulation; Experiments; Ontologies; Replication; Semantic Grid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-03-31
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