Rob,
A colleague and I have written a paper, essentially a literature review of
Agent-Based modelling. The aim of the paper is to outline fundamental
concepts and principles of the Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) paradigm, with
particular reference to the development of geospatial simulations. The
paper might be too elementary for some, but there is a review of simulation
/ modelling software available for ABM. Anyone who is interested can
download the paper from:
http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/publications/workingPaperDetail.asp?ID=110.
We would welcome any feedback.
Christian
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UCL Department of Geography, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
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Behalf Of Rob Bowers
Sent: 23 November 2006 17:25
To: Agent-based modeling
Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Good reviews with the info the greenhorn
needs?
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E.g. start with
something like NetLogo and use it until it stops being useful.
"
What I need the review (which I imagine to be out there somewhere) to tell
me, before I invest in a toolkit, is when e.g. NetLogo is going to stop
being useful, specifically if it is going to stop being useful before I
finish my thesis.
For myself, I did finish my thesis (thanks), but I put so much energy into
the system that I finally began using (JAWAS). If I had had to start over
with another toolkit because of the limitations of the one I chose... Well,
such was my fear at the time. Now I see that switching toolkits might not be
so daunting as it seemed then.
It would be nice if someone familiar with several toolkits could review
what limits each. Can anyone suggest such a review?
Rob
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