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The Simulation Presented in the ODD Protocol

The Simulation Presented in the ODD Protocol
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Copyright: 2017
Pages: 16
Source title: Agent-Based Modeling in Humanitarian Interventions: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): John McCaskill (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1782-5.ch004

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Abstract

The ODD Protocol has become a standard for documenting and describing agent based models. The protocol is organized around three main elements, from which the ODD acronym originates: Overview, Design concepts, and Details. This chapter is organized around these primary elements and further broken down into seven sub-elements to provide a clear purpose and understanding of the model simulation. The sub-elements are: Purpose, State Variables and Scales, Process Overview and Scheduling, Design Concepts, Initialization, Input, and Sub-models. The model presented is a proto-agent behavioral model and is utilized in an agent based modeling simulation to help identify possible emergent behavioral outcomes of the populations in the area of interest. By varying the rules governing the interactions of the multinational and incumbent government proto-agents, different strategies can be identified for increasing the effectiveness of those proto-agents and the utilization of resources.

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