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

J. Gary Polhill; Edoardo Pignotti; Nicholas M. Gotts; Peter Edwards; Alun David Preece

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

J. Gary Polhill, Edoardo Pignotti, Nicholas M. Gotts, Peter Edwards, Alun David Preece

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Volume	10
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

agent-based social simulation
experiments
ontologies
replication
semantic grid

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

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