Gary Polhill

TL;DR: The definition of ODD is revised to clarify aspects of the original version and thereby facilitate future standardization of ABM descriptions and improves the rigorous formulation of models and helps make the theoretical foundations of large models more visible.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in terms of decision support, agent-based land-use models are probably more useful as research tools to develop an underlying knowledge base which can then be developed together with end-users into simple rules-of-thumb, rather than as operational decision support tools.

TL;DR: An overview of the state-of-the-art approaches in analyzing and reporting ABM outputs highlighting challenges and outstanding issues is given in this article, where issues surrounding variance stability, sensitivity analysis, spatio-temporal analysis, visualization, and effective communication of all these to non-technical audiences, such as various stakeholders.

TL;DR: Issues surrounding variance stability, sensitivity analysis, spatio-temporal analysis, visualization, and effective communication of all these to non-technical audiences, such as various stakeholders are examined.

TL;DR: It is initially concluded that the model documentation protocol, ODD, holds promise as a standard communication mechanism, although some refinements may be needed.