Some links and resources on: Rigour for ABM

Rigour for ABM talk @ Social Simulation Conference 2022, Milan:

Links to other papers on different aspects of rigour (all with open access versions):

Some things that could go wrong when mixing ABM and Policy Making -- Using agent-based simulation to inform policy – what could possibly go wrong?
How to make your model and documentation open and accessible -- Open Modelling for Simulators
Goes through different reasons for modelling, analysing some of the main risks to be aware of for each -- Different Modelling Purposes
A guide for writing good documentation for your model -- The ODD Protocol for Describing Agent-Based and Other Simulation Models: A Second Update to Improve Clarity, Replication, and Structural Realism
A general overview, but with a helpful list of questions to ask of modellers (or yourself) -- Computational modelling for decision-making: where, why, what, who and how
Approaches to checking your simulation code for mistakes at different levels -- Errors and Artefacts in Agent-Based Modelling
An account that shows the importance of independent reproduction of simulation models -- Replication, Replication and Replication - Some Hard Lessons from Model Alignment
A paper arguing that it is essential that any simualtion models used for policy should be reproduced -- Reproduction as a Means of Evaluating Policy Models
Documenting where you got your model assumptions from -- RAT-RS a reporting standard for improving the documentation of data use in agent-based modelling
About the language used in describing your simulation work -- Basic Modelling Hygiene - keep descriptions about models and what they model clearly distinct
About the importance of having lots of people examine simulations and of iterating the modelling cycle -- Good Modelling Takes a Lot of Time and Many Eyes
A warning about assuming simpler models will be more general -- A bad assumption: a simpler model is more general
Some computer engineering approaches to help the rigour of simulations -- Engineering Agent-Based Social Simulations: An Introduction
Explains a highly participative approach to using simulations for mediation between stakeholders - Our Companion Modelling Approach
An official guide for how to do policy modelling -- The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government
Using a particular technique for illustrating code structure - UML for ABM
Systematic model comparison

If you know of any good sources, not included above please tell me.

Get involved in activities for encouraging more rigour and higher standards in ABM, please email me <bruce@edmonds.name>