[Swarm-Modelling] Good reviews with the info the greenhorn needs?

[Rob Bowers]

I was in about the same spot not so long ago. The new user is not in a good position to review the available toolkits, knowing neither enough of the way they work, nor the jargon, to make full sense of it. Available reviews say something general about ease of use, and how efficient each is. What the new user needs to know, from the beginning, is whether a toolkit will be able to do what they need it to do. Let it be difficult to learn (says I), or computationally inefficient. But after putting so much into learning it, let it have been the right toolkit to have learned.

Could we be directed to some such reviews if they exist?

Rob

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Hey guys,

 

Thanks for all you replies, but I think I may be a bit further back than you think.

Although my dad, brother and husband are all very good with programming, I haven't the slightest idea!!

 

Could you write for me the steps in need to go through in building a model?

For example: 1. learn C++

2. Download repast

3. Write down a flow chart, etc….

 

Do I need to learn a programming language for the model or are these toolkits, like netlogo, gonna do it for me?

Is repast like netlogo like swarm? Or each is different?

Sorry if it all sounds stupid, but I come from pure zoology so bare with me…

 

Hilit

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