RT Journal Article
T1 Keeping modelling notebooks with TRACE: Good for you and good for environmental research and management support
A1 Ayllón, Daniel
A1 Railsback, Steven F.
A1 Gallager, Cara
A1 Augusiak, Jacqueline
A1 Baveco, Hans
A1 Berger, Uta
A1 Charles, Sandrine
A1 Martin, Romina
A1 Focks, Andrea
A1 Galic, Nika
A1 Liu, Chun
A1 Van Loon, E. Emiel
A1 Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob
A1 Piou, Cyril
A1 Polhill, J. Gareth
A1 Preuss, Thomas G.
A1 Radchuk, Viktoriia
A1 Schmolke, Amelie
A1 Stadnicka-Michalak, Julita
A1 Torbeck, Pernille
A1 Grimm, Volker
AB The acceptance and usefulness of simulation models are often limited by the efficiency, transparency, reproducibility, and reliability of the modelling process. We address these issues by suggesting that modellers (1) “trace” the iterative modelling process by keeping a modelling notebook corresponding to the laboratory notebooks used by empirical researchers, (2) use a standardized notebook structure and terminology based on the existing TRACE documentation framework, and (3) use their notebooks to compile TRACE documents that supplement publications and reports. These practices have benefits for model developers, users, and stakeholders: improved and efficient model design, analysis, testing, and application; increased model acceptance and reuse; and replicability and reproducibility of the model and the simulation experiments. Using TRACE terminology and structure in modelling notebooks facilitates production of TRACE documents. We explain the rationale of TRACE, provide example TRACE documents, and suggest strategies for keeping “TRACE Modelling Notebooks.”
PB Elsevier
SN 1364-8152
YR 2020
FD 2020-11-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8187
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8187
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Université de Lyon ((UdL)/Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
NO Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)-JCJC PEPPER
NO Scottish Government Rural Affairs Food and Environment Strategic Research Programme
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025