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==Complete kits and platforms==

===Open source===
(must be freely distributable under an open source license, i.e. "free as in speech" as defined by the superset of the [http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source Definition from the Open Source Initiative] and the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Free Software Foundation])
*'''[http://agents.felk.cvut.cz/aglobe A-globe]'''
*'''[http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/able ABLE]'''
*'''[http://ascape.sourceforge.net Ascape]'''
*'''[http://www.spiderland.org/breve/ Breve]'''
*'''[http://cormas.cirad.fr/en/outil/outil.htm Cormas]''' "Cormas is a programming environment dedicated to the creation of multi-agent systems, with a specificity in the domain of natural-resources management. It provides a framework for developing simulation models of coordination modes between individuals and groups that jointly exploit common resources."
*'''[http://www.cougaar.org/ Cougaar]'''
*'''[http://ecolab.sourceforge.net EcoLab]'''
*'''[http://omicrongroup.org/evo/ EVO]'''
*'''[http://sharon.cselt.it/projects/jade/ JADE]'''
*'''[http://jaslibrary.sourceforge.net JAS]'''
*'''[http://cs.gmu.edu/~eclab/projects/mason/ MASON]'''
*'''[http://www.metascapeabm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=61 metaABM]''' (A meta-modeling environment supporting multiple ABM platforms)
*'''[http://www.avignon.inra.fr/internet/unites/biometrie/mobidyc_projet/english/version_index_html Mobidyc]''' "The free software for building and running Individual Based Models with no computer skill. Mobidyc is a software project that aims to promote Individual-Based Modelling in the field of ecology, biology and environment."
*'''[http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ NetLogo]'''
*'''[http://quicksilver.tigris.org/ Quicksilver]'''
*'''[http://repast.sourceforge.net Repast]'''
*'''[http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs/cog_affect/sim_agent.html SIM_AGENT]'''
*'''[http://www.simsesam.de SeSAm]'''
*'''[http://simpy.sourceforge.net/ SimPy]'''
*'''[http://www.swarm.org Swarm]'''
*'''[http://www.primordion.com/Xholon Xholon]'''
*'''[http://labs.bt.com/projects/agents/zeus/ Zeus]'''

===Freeware===
(available for free "as in beer", source may or may not necessarily be available, if source is available it is not under an open-source license)
*'''[http://dextk.org deX]'''
*'''[http://education.mit.edu/starlogo/ StarLogo]'''
*'''[http://ccl.northwestern.edu/cm/StarLogoT/ StarLogoT]'''
*'''[http://visualbots.com/ VisualBots]''' -- Easy to use multi-agent simulator for Microsoft Excel - Visual Basic syntax, rich object model, documentation, sample simulations

===Proprietary===
*'''[http://agentsheets.com/ AgentSheets]'''
*'''[http://www.chiinc.com/products/products_igen.htm iGEN]'''
*'''[http://www.xjtek.com AnyLogic]'''
*'''[http://mass.aitia.ai MASS]'''

==Swarm add-ons and extensions==
*'''[[COSMIC]]''' --  General simulation utility classes, provided by the Complex Systems Modelling Group at Imperial College
*'''[http://www.humboldt.edu/~ecomodel/ EcoSwarm@HSU]''' --  Modeling tools for use with the Swarm simulation system
*'''[http://me.in-berlin.de/~rws/logzone_toc.html LogZone]''' -- Zone exploration tool.

==Related tools and technologies==
*'''[http://www.me.mtu.edu/%7Ermdsouza/ABM_GPU.html Agent-based simulation on Graphics Processing Units]'''. Roshan D'Souza at [http://www.me.mtu.edu/ Michigan Tech's Mechanical Engineering department] has been working on ultra-high-speed agent-based modeling using direct programming of Graphics Processing Units (gaming chips). He has, for example, run Sugarscape with 2 million agents updating over 50 times per second with graphical output. [[Image:SugarScape_GPU.pdf|Here is a paper on this work.]] 
*'''[http://www.fipa.org/ FIPA]'''. "FIPA is an IEEE Computer Society standards organization that promotes agent-based technology and the interoperability of its standards with other technologies."
*'''[[Objective-C]]'''

==General==
*Leigh Tesfatsion's '''[http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/acecode.htm Resource Site for Agent-Based Software and Toolkits]'''

*Steve Railsback, Steve Lytinen, and Steve Jackson's '''[http://condor.depaul.edu/~slytinen/abm/StupidModel ABM template model site]'''