Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Announce: metaABM 1.0.0

[Miles T. Parker]

Well then be prepared for the anurism of myself and Marcus  
pontificating.. :)

I'll take a look at EcoLab, I haven't really looked into it -- I think  
my assumption was that it was a pretty GA oriented toolkit..

On Nov 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Russell Standish wrote:

> I had in mind EcoLab. There really isn't any other C++ ABM around
> AFAICT. I'd be interested in giving it a try - it might be the shot
> for interoperable agent-based modelling, particularly if the same
> model can be quickly reimplemented in Repast or other toolkit.  I'd
> certainly be prepared to adapt EcoLab to play nicely if that's needed
> :).
>
> I'm not sure why I only received your response just now - seems like a
> clot on the internet just broke...
>
> Cheers
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:07:10PM -0800, Miles T. Parker wrote:
> > Quite well, I think. Basically, I have an expansion template that is
> > pretty high-level, and I've got it targeting two very different Java
> > APIs..or very different as far as two Java based ABM frameworks go,
> > which is surprisingly, not that much. :) It works against a  
> > reasonably
> > broad set of initial model designs, though there is a lot of room for
> > improvement, natch. All of the C derivatives are "pretty close"
> > structurally and syntactically -- which is why I think an Obj-C or C 
> > ++
> > would be a good next order target to shoot for, instead of, say LISP
> > (but then why would you need a meta-model? :D) -- but of course there
> > are always those nasty exceptions... Do you have a particular ABM
> > engine in mind?
> >
> > On Nov 21, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
> >
> > > How would this work with a C++ based system? Obviously there is good
> > > C++ support in Eclipse, although I'm not overly familiar with it.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:31:31PM -0800, Miles T. Parker wrote:
> > > > Hi all...  metaABM is available in its first general release. As I
> > > > mentioned earlier before on this list, metaABM grew out of work in
> > > > the
> > > > Simphony project and has sort of morphed into a generic meta- 
> > > > modeling
> > > > environment. You can create ABM models using a simple visual  
> > > > editor,
> > > > and the code for Repast Simphony and Ascape models (and eventually
> > > > others) is automatically generated. metaABM also provides an easy  
> > > > to
> > > > use Eclipse based environment for developing and executing models.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.metascapeabm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=70
> > > >
> > > > I'd be especially interested in feedback from folks with  
> > > > interests in
> > > > modeling and template issues. It would be very interesting to do an
> > > > Swarm / Objective C target as a demonstration of applicability  
> > > > beyond
> > > > Java -- if anyone has experience with whatever Obj C tools are
> > > > available in Eclipse and could get involved in the template part  
> > > > I'd
> > > > be more than happy to give you whatever support you'd need.
> > > >
> > > > And of course, let me know if things don't work as advertised. :)
> > > >
> > > > Also, I added Swarmfest 2008 to the openabm.org site -- definetly a
> > > > site worth checking out.
> > > >
> > > > Miles
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