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MIC-CORE: a tool for microsimulation

Zinn, S., Himmelspach, J., Gampe, J., Uhrmacher, A. M.
In: Rossetti, M. D., Hill, R. R., Johansson, B., Dunkin, A., Ingalls, R.G. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference: December 13 - 16, 2009, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.; inclusion of MASM (Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing)[CD-ROM]
Piscataway, NJ, IEEE (2009)

Abstract

Microsimulation is an increasingly popular tool in the social sciences. Individual behavior is described by a (commonly stochastic) model and subsequently simulated to study outcomes on the aggregate level. Demographic projections are a prominent area of application. Despite numerous available tools often new software is designed and implemented for specific applications. In this paper we describe how a modeling and simulation framework, JAMES, was used to create a specialized tool for population projections, the Mic-Core. Reusing validated and well-tested modeling and simulation functionality significantly reduced development time while keeping performance levels high. We document how the Mic-Core was built as plug-ins to JAMES and illustrate the performance of the resulting tool. We demonstrate how the concept of a modeling and simulation framework enabled successful software reuse of available functionality and briefly report of future work.
Schlagwörter: microsimulation, projections, software
Das Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung (MPIDR) in Rostock ist eines der international führenden Zentren für Bevölkerungswissenschaft. Es gehört zur Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, einer der weltweit renommiertesten Forschungsgemeinschaften.