Filling gaps in simulation of complex systems: the background and motivation for CoSMoS

Polack, Fiona

Abstract

Modelling and simulation of complex systems can create scientific research tools that allow the inaccessible dynamic aspects of systems to be explored in ways that are not possible in live systems. In some scientific contexts, there is a need to be able to create and use such simulations to explore and generate hypotheses alongside conventional laboratory research. The principled complex systems modelling and simulation (CoSMoS) approach was created to support these activities, as a response to a perceived gap in the software engineering development process for simulation. The article presents some of the software engineering motivation for CoSMoS, by exploring this perceived gap. Following from this analysis, the article considers the validation of complex systems simulators, especially where these are to be used in ongoing research.

Citation

Polack, F. (2015). Filling gaps in simulation of complex systems: the background and motivation for CoSMoS. Natural Computing, 14(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9462-5

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Oct 4, 2014
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2023
• Journal: Natural Computing
• Print ISSN: 1567-7818
• Electronic ISSN: 1572-9796
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9462-5
• Keywords: Agent-based simulation; Software engineering; CoSMoS; Complex system; Modelling and simulation
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4241722