Multi-agent systems
Agent-based modelling: A tool for addressing the complexity of environment and development policy issues
This working paper introduces agent-based modelling as a potential tool for examining complex modern policy problems, and offers examples from recent applications.
Agent-based modelling
In agent based models, a society is represented by a set of agents interacting with one another and with their environment. Agents follow simple rules but can be designed to adapt their behaviour to satisfy certain goals. Thus they can be responsive to changes in the environment, such as groundwater availability in the example here.