Open Agent Based Modeling Consortium

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Open Agent Based Modeling Consortium

• Initial Charter and Action Plan

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Charter Statement

• Foster ABM development, communication, and
  dissemination for research, practice, and
  education related to coupled human and natural
  systems

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Overall Coordination and Funding

• Michael Barton
• Lilian Alessa
• Marco Janssen
• Strategies
• entire project vs. working groups
• funding cycles
• strategy meeting in lt6 months

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Model Archive

• Tasks
• infrastructure
• intellectual property/licenses
• implement metadata
• review board
• People
• Marco Janssen (coord)
• Michael Barton
• Allen Lee

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Metadata and Publication Standards

• Tasks
• description standards
• metadata standards
• existing journal buy in
• People
• Volker Grimm (coord)
• Dan Brown
• Ross Hammond

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E-Journal

• Tasks
• contact existing journals
• coordinate with standards group
• review board
• coordinate with archive
• People
• Luis Amaral (coord)
• Tad
• Marco

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Education/Outreach

• Tasks
• Compile existing educational activities
• ID of groups for outreach
• materials for access on web site
• grad student workshop
• recommendations
• People
• Melinda Laituri
• Bill Rand
• Doug Causey
• Volker Grimm

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Software Tools

• Tasks
• Tool integration (GIS/ABM, and other)
• Best practices
• Interfaces
• People
• Mike North (co-coord)
• Bill Rand (co-coord)
• Miles Parker (co-coord)
• Marc Altaweel
• Andru Kliskey

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Data testbeds

• Tasks
• Formats
• Criteria for submission
• Infrastructure
• Collect data sets
• People
• Tad Park (coordinator)
• Randy Gimblett
• Marina Alberti

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Submodel Library Next Generation Modular Models

• Tasks
• ID models to rebuild
• Model interchange format
• Pilot project (software instantiation)
• People
• Steve Lansing (coord)
• Dawn Parker
• Tim Kohler
• Bill Griffin
• Miles Parker
• Mike North
• Volker Grimm
• Bill Rand
• Marina Alberti?