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Complete kits and platforms

(must be freely distributable under an open source license, i.e. "free as in speech" as defined by the superset of the Open Source Definition from the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation)

A-globe
ABLE
Ascape
Breve
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."
Cougaar
EcoLab
EVO
JADE
JAS
MASON
metaABM (A meta-modeling environment supporting multiple ABM platforms)
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."
Quicksilver
Repast
SIM_AGENT
SeSAm
SimPy
Swarm
Xholon
Zeus

(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)

deX
NetLogo
StarLogo
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VisualBots -- Easy to use multi-agent simulator for Microsoft Excel - Visual Basic syntax, rich object model, documentation, sample simulations

COSMIC -- General simulation utility classes, provided by the Complex Systems Modelling Group at Imperial College
EcoSwarm@HSU -- Modeling tools for use with the Swarm simulation system
LogZone -- Zone exploration tool.

Agent-based simulation on Graphics Processing Units. Roshan D'Souza at 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
FIPA. "FIPA is an IEEE Computer Society standards organization that promotes agent-based technology and the interoperability of its standards with other technologies."
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