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Subject: Re: Need examples of agent-based models
From: Christophe Le Page (christophe.le_page@cirad.fr)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 15:15:37 CET
Hi Louise,
François has mentionned some pointers. In the specific field of
evolutionary ecology, you will find much more IBMs (Individual-Based
Models) rather than ABMs. Tom Ray’s Tierra program is a milestone.
Nowadays this kind of simulation is referred to as "digital organisms"
by researchers like Adami. (see their paper in Nature from August 12.,
1999, or this more recent reference too: Wilke and Adami (2002) The
biology of Digital Organisms Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 528-532).
One nice example to introduce ABM would be a model with some natural
resources having their own dynamics driven by evolutionary forces but
also used in some ways (harvested for instance) by some "agents". I
cannot see anything like this for the moment.
Best regards,
clp
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> Objet : Need examples of agent-based models
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> Hi Everybody
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> I have a 15 minute slot for presenting something of interest to a
> bunch of zoologists (ecologists, evolutionary biologists and
> animal behaviour). I thought it would be nice to do something on
> agent-based models and the applicability thereof to these fields.
> If anyone has, or know of any, nice models that I can use for
> illustration purposes (with proper recognition), please let me know.
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> Best wishes,
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> Louise Erasmus
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