Problems of Standardizing Agent-Based Model Description and Possible Ways to Solve Them

• Published in: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 239 - 248
• Main Authors: Makarov, V. L., Bakhtizin, A. R., Rossoshanskaya, E. A., Doroshenko, T. A., Samsonova, N. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-08-2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agent-based models; Artificial intelligence; Chemistry/Food Science; Decision support systems; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Engineering; Environment; Life Sciences; Point of View; Russian language; Social Sciences; standardization; ODD protocol; decision support; agent-based modeling
• ISSN: 1019-3316; 1555-6492
• DOI: 10.1134/S1019331623020119

The problem of standardizing the description of agent-based models is considered. The foreign experience in solving this problem is studied in detail, and the authors’ developments are proposed. In the course of this study, a critical analysis of the existing standards (the original ODD protocol and its updates and modifications) was carried out. An adapted translation of the ODD protocol for use in Russian-language publications was proposed. The need to develop a separate standard for describing agent-based models intended for approbation of management decisions was substantiated. The structure of the standard was proposed, and the prospects for its application were described. The scientific novelty and practical significance of this study consists in the development and justification of the first Russian-language standard for describing agent-based models with account for domestic experience, terminology, and the best examples of models’ description, as well as in the proposal to create an open registry of applied models that would provide interaction with potential users of agent-based decision support systems developed by research teams.