Complex adaptive systems are where those managing the system, agents, interact with other competing agents and key resources available to system. The behaviour of constantly changing over time thus resulting in complex evolving problem configurations. Managing such a system can be very challenging, particularly when attempting manage rather than simplify complexity. One particular is need take ...

Humanity is facing many grand challenges at unprecedented rates, nearly everywhere, and all levels. Yet virtually these can be traced back to the decision behavior of autonomous agents that constitute complex systems under such challenges. Agent-based modeling has been developed employed address for a few decades with great achievements caveats. This article reviews advances ABM in social, ecol...