TY - JOUR AB - The automated detection of aspects of spatial behaviourin an agent-based model is necessary for model testingand analysis. In this paper we compare four predictors of herdingbehaviour in a model of a grazing herbivore. We find that a) the mean number of neighbours adjustedto account for population variation and b) the mean Hammingdistance between rows of the two-dimensional environment can beused to detect herding. Visual inspection of the model behaviourrevealed that herding occurs when the herbivore mobility reachesa threshold level. Using this threshold we identify a limits forthese predictors to use in the program code. These results apply only to one set of parameters and environmentsize; future research will involve a wider parameterspace. AU - Chivers, WJ AU - Gladstone, W AU - Herbert, RD DA - 2014 EP - 43 JO - Informaton Technology in Industry PY - 2014 SP - 38 TI - Programmatic detection of spatial behaviour in an agent-based model VL - 2 Y1 - 2014 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -