To Calibrate & Validate an Agent-based Simulation Model - An Application of the Combination Framework of BI Solution & Multi-agent Platform

Thai Minh Truong, Frédéric Amblard, Benoit Gaudou, Christophe Sibertin Blanc

2014

Abstract

Integrated environmental modeling approaches, especially the agent-based modeling one, are increasingly used in large-scale decision support systems. A major consequence of this trend is the manipulation and generation of huge amount of data in simulations, which must be efficiently managed. Furthermore, calibration and validation are also challenges for Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation (ABMS) approaches when the model has to work with integrated systems involving high volumes of input/output data. In this paper, we propose a calibration and validation approach for an agent-based model, using a Combination Framework of Business intelligence solution and Multi-agent platform (CFBM). The CFBM is a logical framework dedicated to the management of the input and output data in simulations, as well as the corresponding empirical datasets in an integrated way. The calibration and validation of Brown Plant Hopper Prediction model are presented and used throughout the paper as a case study to illustrate the way CFBM manages the data used and generated during the life-cycle of simulation and validation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Minh Truong T., Amblard F., Gaudou B. and Sibertin Blanc C. (2014). To Calibrate & Validate an Agent-based Simulation Model - An Application of the Combination Framework of BI Solution & Multi-agent Platform . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-016-1, pages 172-183. DOI: 10.5220/0004820401720183

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart14,
author={Thai Minh Truong and Frédéric Amblard and Benoit Gaudou and Christophe Sibertin Blanc},
title={To Calibrate & Validate an Agent-based Simulation Model - An Application of the Combination Framework of BI Solution & Multi-agent Platform },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2014},
pages={172-183},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004820401720183},
isbn={978-989-758-016-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - To Calibrate & Validate an Agent-based Simulation Model - An Application of the Combination Framework of BI Solution & Multi-agent Platform
SN - 978-989-758-016-1
AU - Minh Truong T.
AU - Amblard F.
AU - Gaudou B.
AU - Sibertin Blanc C.
PY - 2014
SP - 172
EP - 183
DO - 10.5220/0004820401720183