Platforms and methods for agent-based modeling
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPublished 14 May 2002
Nigel Gilbert, Steven C. Bankes
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The range of tools designed to help build agent-based models is briefly reviewed and it is suggested that although progress has been made, there is much further design and development work to be done.
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The range of tools designed to help build agent-based models is briefly reviewed. It is suggested that although progress has been made, there is much further design and development work to be done. Modelers have an important part to play, because the creation of tools and models using those tools proceed in a dialectical relationship.
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