The challenge -- The ABMS paradigm -- Agents up close -- The roots of ABMS -- The role of ABMS -- Discovering agents and agent behaviors -- Office ABMS -- How to do desktop ABMS -- How to do participatory ABMS -- How to do large-scale ABMS -- ABMS verification and validation -- A visual approach to data collection and cleaning -- Understanding and presenting ABMS results -- ABMS project management -- Rising to the challenge
Summary
Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a developing technique for understanding emergent behaviour in complex systems. This text covers all phases of agent-based model development and project management including model requirements specification, model design, model testing, and model use