This paper introduces the rationale, explains the functioning, and describes the process of developing ‘Equidistant Probability’, a NetLogo microworld that models stochastic behavior. In particular, we detail the phases in attempting to choose suitable parameters and create such graph displays as will permit an observer to witness the incremental growth of a bell-shaped curve. We argue that the...

The implementation process of complex agent and multiagent systems (AMAS) can benefit significantly from a simulation platform that would allow rapid prototyping and testing of initial design ideas and choices. Such a platform, should ideally have a small learning curve, easy implementation and visualisation of the AMAS under development, while preserving agent oriented programming characterist...

Distributed Constraint programming (DisCSP/DCOP) is a programming approach used to describe and solve large classes of problems such as searching, combinatorial and planning problems. This type of distributed modeling appears naturally in many problems for which the information is distributed among many agents. Modeling and simulation are essential tools in many areas of science and engineering...

This paper is submitted as the final team description of SHABaN team, one of the participants in the Second Multi-Agent Programming Contest in association with the ProMAS 2008 workshop. Here we describe the agent architecture and behaviors to solve a cooperative task in a highly dynamic environment. Our approach consists of evaluating strategies in NetLogo and a raw implementation.

We use NetLogo to design a simple multi-agent environment to explore organizational decision processes. Our work builds on the original insight of the "Garbage Can Model" of organizational choice (GCM) proposed by M. Cohen, J. March, and J. Olsen (1972). In this model organizations are viewed as crossroads of time-dependent flows of four distinct classes of objects: "problems," "solutions," "pa...

This paper considers a system for supporting the multi-dimensional analysis of alternative configurations of military naval units, which is currently the object of a research and development project between Orizzonti Sistemi Navali, an Italian ship design company, and the University of Genova (Italy). The project aims at providing a decision making aid in the early phase of the vessels’ design....

Using computer to generate crowd animation to understand the behavior choice and making decision of individuals in crowd has become a trend in several fields. And group emotions have a great impact on group behaviors and group outcomes. Based on the researches of group emotions described by Hatifield, we propose a quantitative method to building the group emotion model which is focus on a group...