[Repast-developer] RePast is the "Most Suitable Simulation Framework" for Social Modeling

[North, M. <no...@an...>]

Here is some interesting news.  Robert Tobias and Carole Hofmann's =
recent "Evaluation of free Java-libraries for social-scientific agent =
based simulation" in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social =
Simulation (JASSS)(Vol. 7, No. 1) states that:

Despite the problems with the evaluation mentioned above, we can =
conclude with great certainty that according to the available =
information, RePast is at the moment the most suitable simulation =
framework for the applied modeling of social interventions based on =
theories and data. It is certainly worth realizing a project in this =
framework and then, on the basis of experience gained, and taking into =
account the new state of development in the rapidly evolving area of =
social simulation, conducting the evaluation again.

The full article is available at =
http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/7/1/6.html

Michael

Michael J. North
Deputy Director
Center for Complex Adaptive Agent Systems Simulation
Argonne National Laboratory
Decision and Information Sciences Division
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