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| Title: | Choosing the Right Model |
| Authors: | Marks, Robert University of Sydney Business School |
| Keywords: | Agent Modelling Assumptions NetLogo Verification Validation Marketing Complexity Simulation System Strategic Interaction State Similarity Measure |
| Issue Date: | 6-Jul-2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | ABM Wednesday Colloquium 2 |
| Abstract: | Building Agent-Based Models requires assumptions (as does building any model).The advantage of ABM is the assumptions can be realistic, rather than made in order to solve a calculus-based problem. But what does "realistic" mean? I shall outline the issues of verification of a model (is it working as the modeller wants?) and validation of a model (how close is the model behaviour to some measures of reality?), after talking about the general issue of choosing models. |
| Description: | Presentation by Professor Robert Marks from the University of Melbourne and the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW) at the Agent-Based Modelling Intensive Course Wednesday Colloquium, held at The University of Sydney Business School in July 2011. This presentation discusses the assumptions that are a part of agent-based models and what this means for model validation, with examples from his own work. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7732 |
| Department/Unit/Centre: | University of Sydney Business School |
| Appears in Collections: | Agent-Based Modelling |
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