Paper Info
Title
Design and demonstration of a data model to integrate agent-based and field-based modelling.
Abstract
Dynamic environmental modelling of spatio-temporal systems often requires the representation of both fields and agents. Fields are continuous with values in the whole spatio-temporal domain of a model, while agents are bounded in space and often mobile. It is currently difficult for environmental modellers with limited software engineering background to construct such field-agent models, as modelling frameworks mostly do not support the integration of fields and agents. To overcome this issue, we describe a data model combining fields and agents in a single concept. This data model represents fields, agents and relations by grouping items sharing properties into a phenomenon. The concepts domain, property set and value handle spatio-temporal attribute representations. The data model is implemented in a software prototype that shows how data on fields and agents is stored and manipulated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.11.016
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
Agent-based modelling,Field-based modelling,Integrated modelling,Data model,Map algebra,Modelling language
Environmental modelling,Computer science,Software,Artificial intelligence,Map algebra,Data model,Conceptual model (computer science),Bounded function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
89
C
1364-8152
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
29
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Merijn de Bakker100.34
Kor De Jong211914.08
Oliver Schmitz3364.45
Derek Karssenberg411216.11