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An introduction to agent-based modeling: modeling natural, social, and engineered complex systems with NetLogo

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The advent of widespread fast computing has enabled us to work on more complex problems and to build and analyze more complex models. This book provides an introduction to one of the primary methodologies for research in this new field of knowledge. Agent-based modeling (ABM) offers a new way of doing science: by conducting computer-based experiments. ABM is applicable to complex systems embedded in natural, social, and engineered contexts, across domains that range from engineering to ecology. An Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling offers a comprehensive description of the core concepts, methods, and applications of ABM. Its hands-on approach -- with hundreds of examples and exercises using NetLogo -- enables readers to begin constructing models immediately, regardless of experience or discipline. The book first describes the nature and rationale of agent-based modeling, then presents the methodology for designing and building ABMs, and finally discusses how to utilize ABMs to answer complex questions. Features in each chapter include step-by-step guides to developing models in the main text; text boxes with additional information and concepts; end-of-chapter explorations; and references and lists of relevant reading. There is also an accompanying website with all the models and code.

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[MM-LIB-056]

Publisher

mau : The MIT Press., 2015

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xxii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780262731898

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T57.62 .W54 2015

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Subject(s)

System analysis
Computer Simulation
Multiagent systems
NetLogo (Computer program language)

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