Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Swarm Modeling

[Russell Standish]

I would be surprised if many people use a formal model at all. I
suppose I would use something like a loop over

   Concepts (from other papers, or occasionally myself
   Paper design (if changes are sufficiently complex)
   Coding
   Debugging by means of assertions 
   Parametric exploration for interesting behaviour
   Testing whether such behaviour is an artificact of the code
   Testing whether such behaviour is an artificact of the model
   Reporting Results - maybe even creating a new concept

In my case, this has been a continual loop sionce 1991.

                                                Cheers

David H. Clements wrote:
> 
> I am putting together a tutorial that takes people through the process  
> of model design and implementation using Swarm and I was wondering what  
> people used as their software development methodology?
> 
> The one that I have seen the most is a variant on the rapid prototyping  
> and waterfall paradigms, which looks something like this:
> 
> Concept->Requirements<->Specification<->Design<->Implementation/Rapid- 
> Prototype<->Data Collection<->Data Analysis<->Testing/Sanity Check  
> (this also connects back to requirements)->Final Analysis.
> 
> Any feedback is appreciated!
> 
> Sincerely,
> David
> 
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