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标题：A Semantic Grid Service for Experimentation with an Agent-Based Model of Land-Use Change
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作者：J. Gary Polhill ; Edoardo Pignotti ; Nicholas M. Gotts 等
期刊名称：Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN：1460-7425
出版年度：2007
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：1-10
出版社：University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要：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.
关键词：Agent-Based Social Simulation; Experiments; Ontologies; Replication; Semantic Grid