Re: [Swarm-Modelling] SWARM development/maintenance status?

[Russell Standish]

I don't believe there is any current active development on the
package, however the original developers have not gone away. The more
relevant questions are:

a) Is it open source - can I fix it myself if needed? Answer: yes.
b) Is there a sizable community using the software? Answer: yes - this
means fixes are more likely to come about.

An even more important question is - "Is the software still state of
the art"? I think it is, since I can't think of one obvious platform
that supersedes Swarm - various packages such as RePast, Ascape and
EcoLab have their own strengths and weaknesses relative to Swarm, but
none is the obvious replacement.

                                        Cheers

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 05:37:43PM -0400, Laurent Cocea wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is the SWARM package actively maintained? My interest in ABM is recent
> and would like to make an informed choice as to which ABM software
> package to become familar with.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --Laurent
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