UPDATE (7th March 2013): The link below doesn't work any longer but as the new Repast tutorials have been improved I don't intend to update it. Have a look at the Repast homepage.
I've been using Repast Simphony to build my agent-based crime model. Repast is a tool kit which has lots of really useful functions for organising agents, creating displays, scheduling events, working with GIS data, drawing charts, outputting data etc. Although Simphony is excellent I think there's quite a steep learning curve so I've written a short (1 hour) tutorial which will hopefully help to get people started:
http://portal.ncess.ac.uk/access/wiki/site/mass/simphony%20tutorial.html
Simphony now has a GUI which you can use to build models (the main tutorial goes through how to use this) but I've avoided this, preferring to program models directly.
I've been using Repast Simphony to build my agent-based crime model. Repast is a tool kit which has lots of really useful functions for organising agents, creating displays, scheduling events, working with GIS data, drawing charts, outputting data etc. Although Simphony is excellent I think there's quite a steep learning curve so I've written a short (1 hour) tutorial which will hopefully help to get people started:
http://portal.ncess.ac.uk/access/wiki/site/mass/simphony%20tutorial.html
Simphony now has a GUI which you can use to build models (the main tutorial goes through how to use this) but I've avoided this, preferring to program models directly.
6 comments:
Thanks Nick, your tutorial is surely helpful. I also intend to use Repast for my research and I am a real beginner.
Cheers,
Hans
People should read this.
Hi Nick,
I am new to this whole agent based modeling. I am really interested. I tried the GUI but your tutorial seems easier. However, I could not get it implemented. Of Course, I don't have much of a programming background. Problem occurs after creating the first context (peopleContext), under the superclass, I get a tag T (is it for title or tag??) appended once I browse it typing "DefaultContext". It creates error when i run it and afterwards. It might be very stupid question but i am interested in learning it. I am thinking about phd work in some agent based GIS modelling area down the road. I think this is a good start.
Thanks,
Kamal
Hi Kamal,
Sorry you couldn't get the tutorial working, I'm not sure what the cause of the error might be. I suggest starting again (the tutorial should work if you've followed the instructions exactly) and emailing me if it still doesn't work.
Nick
Hi Nick,
I am a beginner of Repast and I need to learn it for my project but unfortunately the link you provided is broken. I cannot access the tutorial. I need your help.
Thanks
Gracie
Hi Miz,
Sorry about that. I've updated the post now to say that as the Repast tutorials have been improved I wont maintain my old tutorial. Have a look at the Repast website.
Nick
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