<s>
Data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
using	O
designed	O
computational	O
experiments	O
to	O
“	O
grow	O
”	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
analyzed	O
using	O
statistical	O
and	O
visualization	O
techniques	O
to	O
obtain	O
insight	O
into	O
complex	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
differs	O
from	O
Data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
following	O
metaphors	O
indicate	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
data	B-Application
miners	I-Application
seek	O
to	O
uncover	O
valuable	O
nuggets	O
of	O
information	O
buried	O
within	O
massive	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data-mining	B-Application
techniques	O
use	O
statistical	O
and	O
graphical	O
measures	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
identify	O
interesting	O
correlations	O
or	O
clusters	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
NATO	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
task	O
group	O
has	O
documented	O
the	O
data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
process	O
in	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
,	O
data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
uses	O
collaborative	O
processes	O
in	O
combining	O
rapid	O
scenario	O
prototyping	O
,	O
simulation	O
modeling	O
,	O
design	O
of	O
experiments	O
,	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
analysis	O
and	O
visualization	O
in	O
an	O
iterative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
“	O
data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
”	O
is	O
more	O
recent	O
,	O
coined	O
in	O
1998	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
Marine	O
Corp	O
's	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
small	O
agent-based	O
distillation	O
models	O
(	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
stochastic	O
simulation	O
)	O
were	O
created	O
to	O
capture	O
specific	O
military	O
challenges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
brute-force	O
full	O
factorial	O
(	O
gridded	O
)	O
designs	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
simulations	O
needed	O
to	O
run	O
very	O
quickly	O
and	O
the	O
studies	O
required	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
so	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
factors	O
(	O
at	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
)	O
could	O
be	O
investigated	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
curse	B-Algorithm
of	I-Algorithm
dimensionality	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
series	O
of	O
international	O
data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
workshops	O
have	O
been	O
held	O
since	O
1998	O
by	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
International	O
Data	B-Operating_System
Farming	I-Operating_System
Workshop	O
1	O
occurred	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
then	O
16	O
more	O
workshops	O
have	O
taken	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
International	O
Data	B-Operating_System
Farming	I-Operating_System
Workshops	O
operate	O
through	O
collaboration	O
between	O
various	O
teams	O
of	O
experts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
forms	O
of	O
data	B-Operating_System
farming	I-Operating_System
are	O
experimented	O
with	O
and	O
utilized	O
by	O
each	O
group	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Pythagoras	B-Application
ABM	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Logistics	O
Battle	O
Command	O
model	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
agent-based	O
sensor	O
effector	O
model	O
(	O
ABSEM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
