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From: L?szl? Guly?s <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Modelling Digest, Vol 50,
Issue 1
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Hi DJ,
Apologies, I didn't find this mail under the pile
before.
Now, the source is not available. But the software is
supported.
Best regards,
-- Laszlo
--
dr. Guly?s L?szl? | Laszlo Gulyas, PhD
kutat?si igazgat? | dir. of research
AITIA International Zrt. | AITIA International Inc.
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From: "DJ" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Modelling Digest, Vol 50,
Issue 1
> Hey Laszlo,
>
> Is the source code avaialable with this?
>
> Danny
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>> Subject: Modelling Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1
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>> Today's Topics:
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>> 1. The Multi-Agent Simulation Suite (MASS)
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>> (Laszlo Gulyas)
>> 2. Ascape 5.1.0 (Miles Parker)
>> 3. Asking for help ( ??? )
>> 4. Re: Asking for help (Yohan PANNET)
>> 5. Re: Asking for help
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:12:39 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: "Laszlo Gulyas"
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>> Subject: [Swarm-Modelling] The Multi-Agent
Simulation Suite
>> (MASS)
>> released
>> To: address@hidden
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>> AITIA International Inc is pleased to announce the
first
>> public release of
>> the Multi-Agent Simulation Suite (MASS). MASS is a
toolset
>> of user-friendly
>> software components for writing agent-based and
>> participatory simulations,
>> creating visualizations and experiments, and for
analyzing
>> simulation data.
>>
>> MASS (including the components FABLES, MEME, and
PET) is
>> available for
>> _free_ download from
>> http://mass.aitia.ai/ . Please try it out and send
us bug
>> reports or other
>> suggestions and comments at address@hidden .
>>
>>
>>
>> DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MULTI-AGENT SIMULATION
SUITE
>>
>> The Multi-Agent Simulation Suite (MASS) consists
of four
>> major components
>> built around a simulation core. The components
include:
>>
>>
>> -- the Functional Agent-Based Language for
Simulations
>> (FABLES), an
>> easy-to-use programming language for agent-based
>> simulations and its
>> Eclipse-based integrated development environment.
FABLES
>> requires minimal
>> programming skills and lets modelers create
concise
>> definitions of their
>> models, similar in style to model descriptions in
published
>> papers.
>>
>>
>> -- the Charting Package (CP), a rich set of
dynamic charts
>> and
>> visualizations to display simulation output,
accompanied by
>> easy-to-use
>> wizards that bring the definition of any chart
only a few
>> mouse clicks away.
>> CP also comes with a graphical editor to pick from
a rich
>> set of descriptive
>> statistics to specify the data to be charted.
>>
>>
>> -- the Model Exploration Module (MEME) is a tool
that
>> enables designing and
>> orchestrating simulation experiments, helps
managing their
>> results and
>> supports their analysis. MEME has two distinct set
of
>> functionalities. The
>> first is concerned with generating the data, the
second is
>> with analyzing
>> it.
>>
>> MEME provides a Parameter Sweeper wizard that lets
the user
>> interactively
>> define the parameter regions to explore, together
with the
>> data to be
>> recorded. (For the latter purposes, an interactive
>> grpahical editor to pick
>> from a rich set of descriptive statistics and
other useful
>> constructs is
>> also available.) The experiments defined with the
Parameter
>> Sweeper wizard
>> can be run on a single computer, on a cluster of
computers,
>> or on
>> computational grids (using the QosCosGrid
middleware).
>> Moreover, the
>> advanced functions of the Parameter Sweeper
include support
>> for various
>> "IntelliSweep" methods, i.e., advanced
simulation
>> designs that can save on
>> the number of runs without compromizing the
significance of
>> the results.
>> (Many of these methods are based on the Design Of
>> Experiments, DoE,
>> literature on the statistics of classic
experimental
>> sciences.)
>>
>> MEME also provides a set of tools to collect,
manage and
>> analyze simulation
>> results. At the base of these is MEME's
Results
>> Database that stores data
>> created by various versions of different models,
possibly
>> coming in several
>> batches. MEME makes the navigation among these
clean and
>> easy, flexibly
>> dealing with the unconveniences of missing data or
>> mismatching variable
>> lists of different batch runs. MEME also provides
wizards
>> to process the
>> collected data, by filtering out rows or columns,
by
>> aggregating several
>> rows (e.g., as a result of filtered-out
variables), by
>> deriving new
>> variables using simple formuli or descriptive
statistics,
>> and by more
>> advanced restructuring operations. In general,
MEME
>> provides modelers with
>> the common pre-processing operations needed to
re-format
>> their results data
>> for analysis. MEME is not a competitor of
professional
>> statistical packages
>> like SPSS or STATA. Rather it is intended as a
helper tool
>> for those.
>> Therefore, the processed data can be convieniently
exported
>> from MEME. In
>> order to help previewing your output, MEME is
integrated
>> with the Charting
>> Package, thus providing modelers with the option
of quickly
>> plotting their
>> data in various formats.
>>
>>
>> -- the Participatory Extension (PET) is a tool to
>> web-enable agent-based
>> models and to optionally transform them to
participatory
>> simulations, where
>> human subjects control some of the agents via the
>> world-wide web. PET is a
>> multi-user environment, based on a dedicated
network
>> server. It is intended
>> as an educational and/or laboratory tool.
Therefore, it has
>> two distinct
>> user roles. The first is that of the
'teacher' or
>> 'lab director' who can set
>> up the environment for the 'students' or
the
>> 'subjects'. The teacher
>> determines what _model_families_ (i.e., simulation
>> programs) are available
>> on the PET server, she configures the _models_
available to
>> the students
>> (i.e., with what specific agent composition, with
what
>> parameter values
>> fixed and what values to be set by the students,
etc.). The
>> students, on the
>> other hand, enter via a simpler user interface
that lists
>> the pre-configured
>> models available to them. Depending on the
settings by the
>> teacher, students
>> may be able to start their own _simulation_
copies, or can
>> join to watch the
>> progress of the simulation initiated by someone
else (e.g.,
>> by the teacher).
>> The teacher/lab director may also decide to make
some
>> agents in the model
>> 'controllable', which means that students
>> (subjects) joining the simulation
>> can take control over them. Students that control
agents
>> are provided with a
>> special graphical user interface that conveys the
>> information available to
>> the agent and provides 'actions' by which
they can
>> specify the agent's
>> behavior. (A rudimentary control interface, in
which
>> actions are listed in
>> the form of web links, is automatically generated
by PET
>> for any model. More
>> advanced interfaces can be provided by Java
programming.)
>> In PET all
>> simulations are recorded and are available for
future
>> playback, including
>> those containing human controlled agents.
>>
>>
>>
>> RELATIONS TO OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES
>>
>> The components of MASS are integrated, but behind
the
>> scenes, they interact
>> via a central 'simulation core'. In the
current
>> public release, this core is
>> Repast J 3.1. This means that all FABLES models
are
>> compiled to Repast J.
>> (The source code is also available, so advanced
users can
>> pick it up from
>> there and continue their work in Repast J / Java.)
>>
>> The Parameter Sweeper of MEME expects Repast J
models, thus
>> MEME's
>> functionality is open to regular Repast J users,
in
>> addition to FABLES
>> modelers. (In principle, MEME can work with Repast
models
>> without any
>> change. That is, even models that were written
without MEME
>> in mind should
>> cause no problems.) Moreover, MEME's results
management
>> and processing
>> functions work with the data, independent of their
origin.
>> Therefore, these
>> functions can be used by any modeler, provided
that the
>> data is available in
>> a text-based file format. (MEME has an advanced
wizard to
>> support the import
>> of various text-based data formats.)
>>
>> PET also works with Repast J models, so its
functionality
>> is available, in
>> principle, to any Repast J modeler. (Some
limitations may
>> exists, especially
>> if the model uses advanced, third party modules,
e.g.,
>> visualizations -- but
>> the general rule is that PET can take any Repast J
model,
>> even those written
>> without knowledge about PET.)
>>
>> In future releases, MASS is expected to support
further
>> simulation platforms
>> as well. MEME's Parameter Sweeper already has
an about
>> 70% support for
>> Repast Simphony (not available in the current
release).
>> Within a year, the
>> Parameter Sweeper is expected to have full support
for
>> Repast Simphony,
>> EMIL-S and NetLogo
>>
>>
>>
>> LICENCE
>>
>> The components of the Multi-Agent Simulation Suite
(MASS)
>> are available for
>> download free of charge under a non-exclusive
licence
>> granted by AITIA
>> International Inc. However, the source code of the
MASS
>> software is
>> proprietary, which is only available for purchase.
>> Nonetheless, AITIA
>> International Inc. is committed to provide
continuing
>> support for MASS and
>> its users, independent of their purchase of the
sources. In
>> the unlikely
>> case that providing this support ceases to be in
agreement
>> with the
>> company's business targets, AITIA plans to
move the
>> MASS source code into
>> the public domain.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> -- Laszlo
>> --
>> dr. Guly?s L?szl? | Laszlo Gulyas, PhD
>> kutat?si igazgat? | dir. of research
>> AITIA International Zrt. | AITIA International
Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:24:20 -0700
>> From: Miles Parker <address@hidden>
>> Subject: [Swarm-Modelling] Ascape 5.1.0
>> To: Agent-based modeling
<address@hidden>
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>>
>> ..has just been released on sourceforge. http://
>> ascape.sourceforge.net. Its mostly a maintenance
release
>> but includes
>> refactoring Swing dependencies out of core project
and
>> improvements to
>> the runtime infrastructure among other things.
I'm
>> obviously biased
>> but I can target anything so its easy to switch
back and
>> forth and
>> I'm surprised to find that I still use Ascape
for most
>> of my modeling
>> work; its light-weight, pretty fast, and robust.
I'm
>> thinking about
>> some Ascape inspired efforts so would welcome any
feedback
>> / ideas /
>> wish-lists.
>>
>> Miles T. Parker
>> Principal
>> Metascape, LLC
>> "Extraordinary Tools for Extraordinary
Science"
>> address@hidden
>> http://metascapeabm.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:26:40 +0800
>> From: " ??? "
<address@hidden>
>> Subject: [Swarm-Modelling] Asking for help
>> To: "modelling"
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>> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
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>>
>> Dear all:
>>
>> When I am work through Charles Staelin's
>> 'jSimpleBug' tutorial, which is provided
at
>>
http://eco83.econ.unito.it/swarm/materiale/cd/swarm_2.2_cd.iso,
>> I am having problems with the following three
programs:
>> SimpleObserverBug, SimpleObserverBug2 and
SimpleObserverBug
>> program.
>>
>> For each program, the java files compile
correctly, but
>> when the file 'StartSimpleBug' is run, the
following
>> error is produced:Exception in thread
"main"
>> java.lang.NullPointerException at
>> StartSimpleBug.main(StartSimpleBug.java:34).
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I
am
>> grateful if anyone tell me how to solve this
problem.
>>
>>
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>> EMail? address@hidden
>> Date? 2008-09-12
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>> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:15:36 +0200
>> From: "Yohan PANNET"
>> <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Asking for help
>> To: "Agent-based modeling"
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>> Could you send your code? Especially
StartSimpleBug.java.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/9/12 ??? <address@hidden>
>>
>> > Dear all:
>> >
>> > When I am work through Charles
Staelin's
>> 'jSimpleBug' tutorial, which is
>> > provided at
>>
http://eco83.econ.unito.it/swarm/materiale/cd/swarm_2.2_cd.iso
>> > ,
>>
<http://eco83.econ.unito.it/swarm/materiale/jtutorial/JavaTutorial.zip,>I
>> am having problems with the following three
programs:
>> SimpleObserverBug,
>> > SimpleObserverBug2 and SimpleObserverBug
program.
>> >
>> > For each program, the java files compile
correctly,
>> but when the file
>> > 'StartSimpleBug' is run, the
following error
>> is produced:Exception in thread
>> > "main"
java.lang.NullPointerException at
>> > StartSimpleBug.main(StartSimpleBug.java:34).
>> >
>> > Has anyone else experienced similar
problems? I am
>> grateful if anyone
>> > tell me how to solve this problem.
>> >
>>
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>> > Leon
>> > EMail? address@hidden
>> > Date? 2008-09-12
>> >
>>
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>> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:15:50 +0800
>> From: "" <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Asking for help
>> To: address@hidden
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>>
>>
>> ??????????:
>> >From: "Yohan PANNET"
>> <address@hidden>
>> >Reply-To: Agent-based modeling
>> <address@hidden>
>> >To: "Agent-based modeling"
>> <address@hidden>
>> >Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Asking for help
>> >Date:Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:15:36 +0200
>> >
>> >Could you send your code? Especially
>> StartSimpleBug.java.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >2008/9/12 ??? <address@hidden>
>> >
>> >> Dear all:
>> >>
>> >> When I am work through Charles
Staelin's
>> 'jSimpleBug' tutorial, which is
>> >> provided at
>>
http://eco83.econ.unito.it/swarm/materiale/cd/swarm_2.2_cd.iso
>> >> ,
>>
<http://eco83.econ.unito.it/swarm/materiale/jtutorial/JavaTutorial.zip,>I
>> am
>> having problems with the following three
programs:
>> SimpleObserverBug,
>> >> SimpleObserverBug2 and SimpleObserverBug
program.
>> >>
>> >> For each program, the java files
compile
>> correctly, but when the file
>> >> 'StartSimpleBug' is run, the
following
>> error is produced:Exception in thread
>> >> "main"
java.lang.NullPointerException at
>> >>
StartSimpleBug.main(StartSimpleBug.java:34).
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone else experienced similar
problems? I
>> am grateful if anyone
>> >> tell me how to solve this problem.
>> >>
>>
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>> >> Leon
>> >> EMail? address@hidden
>> >> Date? 2008-09-12
>> >>
>>
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>> >>
>> >>
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