TY - JOUR
T1 - An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Investigate Emergent Patterns in Ecological Systems
AU - Ellers, Jacintha
AU - Hoogendoorn, Mark
AU - Wendt, David
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Due to its suitability, agent-based modeling is more and more often being applied in the domain of Ecology. The development of an agent-based model for the Ecological domain is however very difficult. Usually, many parameters need to be set to appropriate values and such values are not always available through fieldwork or in literature. This paper presents a generic approach to develop agent-based systems for the domain of Ecology and investigate emergent patterns. Hereby, formal languages are used for the specification of the model as well as the verification of emergent patterns. Furthermore, guidelines are given on how to obtain appropriate parameter settings. The approach is exemplified by means of a case study at the Green Beach in the Netherlands.
AB - Due to its suitability, agent-based modeling is more and more often being applied in the domain of Ecology. The development of an agent-based model for the Ecological domain is however very difficult. Usually, many parameters need to be set to appropriate values and such values are not always available through fieldwork or in literature. This paper presents a generic approach to develop agent-based systems for the domain of Ecology and investigate emergent patterns. Hereby, formal languages are used for the specification of the model as well as the verification of emergent patterns. Furthermore, guidelines are given on how to obtain appropriate parameter settings. The approach is exemplified by means of a case study at the Green Beach in the Netherlands.
KW - Agent-Based Modeling
KW - Ecological Modeling
KW - Emergent Patterns
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U2 - 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2045006
DO - 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2045006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008054138
VL - 9
SP - 754
EP - 758
JO - IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
JF - IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
SN - 1536-125X
IS - 6
ER -