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News SwarmFest 2006 registration open Registration for SwarmFest is now open! SwarmFest is our annual conference of agent-based modelers and Swarm users. It will be hosted by University of Notre Dame, June 23-24. See the conference web site for submitting abstracts, deadlines, registration, etc. Posted: --SFRailsback 23:22, 3 May 2006 (EDT) A-globe: A new open-source tool for agent-based modeling The Agent Technology Group, Czech Technical University, announces A-globe, a JAVA multi-agent platform designed for testing experimental scenarios featuring agent positions and communication inaccessibility. The A-globe home page is http://agents.felk.cvut.cz/aglobe . Posted: --SFRailsback 16:05, 11 Apr 2006 (EDT) New wiki content for Repast, MASON, NetLogo, and Swarm: template models and IDEs New pages in the ABM Resources area of the wiki contain information for selecting and learning to use one of these popular platforms for agent-based modeling. Reviews and comparisons of ABM software platforms. Software_templates: 16 working models that start extremely simple and sequentially add common features such as space objects, graphs, probes, random number distributions, and file input and output. The models are implemented in MASON, NetLogo, Repast, and Java and Objective-C Swarm. These template codes can be used to compare platforms and to get started using them. Information on integrated development environments including specific instructions for using the Eclipse IDE with MASON, Repast, and Java Swarm. Posted: --SFRailsback 12:23, 6 Mar 2006 (EST) Wiki renovation This wiki is undergoing a major renovation to better reflect Swarm Development Group's overall mission of supporting agent-based modeling in general, as well as maintaining Swarm. This home page now has separate boxes for news, ABM resources, Swarm, and SDG. With your help, we will be building up the ABM resources to become a home for all agent-based modelers, no matter what platform they use. If you find bad links, mistakes, etc., please contact us. Posted: --SFRailsback 18:22, 22 Jan 2006 (EST) News archive How to submit a news item	Agent- and Individual-based Modeling Resources Resources for agent-based modeling. This is a new area of the wiki for information on agent-based modeling in general. There are sub-areas for: Agent-based modeling community resources Software (information on alternative platforms; learning materials; template models; integrated development environments) "How and why to do agent-based modeling": techniques and theory Resources specific to different scientific domains modelling@swarm.org: The email community of agent-based modelers. This email list discusses topics of general interest to agent-based modelers. More information and signup here.
	Swarm The main Swarm page for Swarm software, documentation, and applications Description and fixes for a bug in the getMin and getMax method of Swarm's Averager class Thanks to Paul Johnson, a new package of applications for Swarm-2.2, particularly for Objective C Download site moved: The download site for Swarm software, examples, documentation, etc. has been moved from ftp :// ftp.swarm.org to http://ftp.swarm.org. Please send an email to support@swarm.org if you find any links needing updating. Email lists for support and modeling
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