Agent-based modelling and systems dynamics model reproduction

Agent-based modelling and systems dynamics model reproduction

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Article ID: iaor2010402
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 256
End Page Number: 271
Publication Date: Jan 2009
Journal: International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling
Authors: ,
Keywords: beer game, system dynamics, agent based system
Abstract:

Reproducibility is a pillar of the scientific endeavour. We view computer simulations as laboratories for electronic experimentation and therefore as tools for science. Recent studies have addressed model reproduction and found it to be surprisingly difficult to replicate published findings. There have been enough failed simulation replications to raise the question, ‘can computer models be fully replicated?’ This paper answers in the affirmative by reporting on a successful reproduction study using Mathematica, Repast and Swarm for the Beer Game supply chain model. The reproduction process was valuable because it demonstrated the original result's robustness across modelling methodologies and implementation environments.

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