A new book provides an overview of agent-based modeling (ABM) and multi-agent systems (MAS), emphasizing their significance in understanding complex economic systems. The book's 14 chapters feature ...

Uri Wilensky of Northwestern University’s Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling Department observed the world has a variety of natural or emergent phenomena consisting of patterns, ...

Directions Magazine is pleased to welcome Eva Reid as a regular columnist. In her debut contribution, she examines how health data modeling—particularly through GIS and agent-based systems—will ...

What are “complex systems” in this context? These are noncomputer systems, such as a company’s supply chain. A system is “complex” when it has so many variables and interacting forces that it can’t be ...